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The term "jihad" is often used to describe the violent struggle against those outside the community of Islamic believers. Yet jihad is also the struggle within each Muslim's heart, an attempt to abide by the teachings of the Koran. This article is the second of a two-part series that reflects on the impact of the Iraq war and attitudes in the Muslim world. Author and former...

People accuse the Bush administration of unilateralism, and the US dominates many global institutions, from the International Monetary Fund to the World Trade Organization. But according to Daniel Drezner, a professor of international politics, writing in “Foreign Affairs,” the Bush administration has led the way in encouraging global institutions to prepare for rising powers like India, China,...

Another Russian journalist has died under suspicious circumstances while investigating a story damaging to Russia’s ruling elites. Ivan Safronov, a former defense official working for the newspaper Kommersant, died in a fall before he could report on possible Russian arms deals with Syria and Iran. Such deals would be a significant boost to those two nations’ air-defense and precision-strike...