Jeff Bridoux, co-author of a new book on Democracy Promotion, discusses this controversial concept in the post-9/11 era following George W. Bush's 'Freedom Agenda', the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Arab Spring uprisings.

Commander (Ret.) John T. Kuehn argues that the operational benefits of a carrier group in the narrow Persian Gulf have caused America to overlook the risks this entails and that shifting the group to the Mediterranean allows for the same capabilities with less risk.

Flemming Rose on his book, Tyranny of Silence, and how a cartoon published in his Danish newspaper ignited violent protests throughout the Muslim world and an international debate about censorship and the boundaries of freedom of speech.

Historian Jeffrey Bloodworth reviews Lawrence's Wright's Thirteen Days in September, a book about far-sighted peacekeeping and the hopes, however dim, for Israeli-Palestinian peace.

Daniel Lakin asks: Is a new reactionary 'Holy Alliance' forming in the Middle East among Egypt, Saudia Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates?