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Islamic State
March 23, 2020
MagazineSaul Elbein
The Un-American
Hoda Muthana left the U.S. to join ISIS. Now she wants to return home to stand trial, but the Trump administration won’t let her. She is a test case for the future of birthright citizenship.
February 28, 2019
Katherine E. Brown, G. Rhydian Morgan
Refusing to Repatriate “ISIS Brides” Is a Terrible Idea From Any Perspective
It's bad for security. It's bad for international law. It's bad for gender equality.
January 27, 2016
MagazineNathan Lean
What Does Maajid Nawaz Really Believe?
The former Islamic radical says dialogue can defeat extremism. But he doesn’t practice what he preaches.
November 23, 2015
Ryan Kearney
Don't travel anywhere for the next three months, basically.
August 11, 2015
Jennifer Percy
At War in the Garden of Eden
Christian fighters, ISIS invaders, and the fight for Iraq’s Nineveh Plains
March 13, 2015
Mehdi Hasan
How Islamic Is the Islamic State? Not at All.
What The Atlantic got wrong about ISIS
February 12, 2015
Joel Gillin
Obama Isn't Ready to Give Up His Broad War Powers
January 12, 2015
Jessica Schulberg
How Deep Did the Apparent ISIS Hack of the U.S. Military's Twitter Go?
November 14, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
Next Year Will Be Too Late for Congress to Debate Our War Against the Islamic State
November 10, 2014
Danny Vinik
Obama Is Still Making Promises About ISIS That He Won't Be Able to Keep
October 8, 2014
Sophie Cousins
"I'm Not Afraid of Death": On the Front Lines With the Young Women Fighting ISIS
October 8, 2014
Danny Vinik
No, Islamic State Militants Have Not Been Caught by U.S. Border Patrol
September 30, 2014
Fred Hof
Obama Must Make Clear That the Syrian Regime Is Our Enemy, Too
September 23, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
Five Arab Countries Are Supporting Obama's Strikes in Syria. What's Their Strategy?
September 23, 2014
Kiran Nazish
The Islamic State Is Spreading Into Pakistan
Agents have crossed the border with propaganda to recruit new fighters
September 12, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
Obama's Going to Arm the Syrian Rebels? He's Already Been Doing It Covertly for Over a Year
August 23, 2014
Douglas A. Ollivant
The Barbaric Terrorists of the Islamic State Are a Threat to the U.S. Homeland
August 8, 2014
Yishai Schwartz
Obama Is Right to Bomb Islamic Militants, But His Reasons Are Wrong

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