The dirty little secret of the intelligence world is that much of what you really need to know isn't exactly a secret… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
One of the themes of 'The Longest War,' my book, which came out before the Arab spring happened, was how al-Qaida and… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Islam is, to be sure, a big tent, and the one and a half billion Muslims in the world run the gamut… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Think of ISIS as a pathogen that preys on weak hosts in the Muslim world. In fact, there is something of a… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
In quiet ways far too complex to hold Trump's interest, Muslims in the United States and around the world are helping every… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The Japanese scored an important victory at Pearl Harbor, but the attack pulled the United States into World War II, and four… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Why should Americans care about the Nazi back story in World War II? If you don't have the Nazi back story in… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
When news of the first plane's hitting the World Trade Center reached them, bin Laden's followers exploded with joy. But shrewder members… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
American jihadists are generally motivated by a mix of factors, including dislike of U.S. foreign policy in the Muslim world. — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The E.U. is the latest of a series of multinational organizations set up after World War II to ensure that there would… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Afghanistan's winters in the north are legendarily harsh, and southern Afghanistan, by contrast, is bleak desert. These difficulties are compounded by the… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Western Mosul is the historic heart of one of the oldest cities in the world. Its narrow streets and alleyways are impassable… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Bin Laden was 200 miles away from the area where all of these drone strikes were taking out his key leaders, he… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The 9/11 attack itself played out around the world, with planning meetings in Malaysia, operatives taking flight lessons in the United States,… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Since Snowden went public, companies such as Apple and Google - two of the world's most valuable companies - have incorporated much… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Bin Laden was 200 miles away from the area where all of these drone strikes were taking out his key leaders in… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
So Pakistan is a country that I'm very fond of and have spent a lot of time, but it is a country where conspiracy… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The Trump administration launched the cruise missile strikes in Syria, an act of war, without a U.N. resolution or Congressional authorization. — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The deep problems that afflict the Middle East are not easy to fix, but they must be dealt with if we are not to… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The dirty little secret of the intelligence world is that much of what you really need to know isn't exactly a secret anyway. — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Abedi appears to be one of the many thousands of Western Muslims who have embraced militant Islam, often as a way of trying to… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Trump has claimed he knows more about ISIS than America's leading generals. Clearly, this is also total nonsense; he doesn't seem to have done… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
If you don't understand what al Qaeda was trying to do on 9/11, if you don't have a sense of who Osama bin Laden… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
As early as 1993, members of bin Laden's group had been planning an attack on the American Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The reality is that Trump's focus on immigrants is to misconceive of the terrorist problem that exists in the United States. — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
ISIS despises the Russian government for its support of the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, and so it's no surprise that ISIS began targeting Russia… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
The Sunni militants that make up ISIS are not the underlying problem in Syria and Iraq, but rather they are a symptom of other… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Keeping a relatively small, predominantly U.S. Special Forces presence in Afghanistan to continue to train the Afghan army past December 2016 is a wise… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
