Damon Horowitz reviews the enormous new powers that technology gives us: to know more -- and more about each other -- than ever before. Drawing the audience into a philosophical discussion, Horowitz invites us to pay new attention to the...

Throughout the history of Islam, says journalist Bobby Ghosh, there have been two sides to jihad: one, internal, a personal struggle to be better, the other external. A small minority has appropriated the second meaning, using it as an...

Noah Feldman makes a searing case that both politics and religion -- whatever their differences -- are similar technologies, designed to efficiently connect and manage any group of people.

In one of Bin Laden's letters, found among his secret documents, he writes about his family and what he considers to be a struggle.

Osama bin Laden was one of the most dangerous terrorists of the 21st century. How did he stay hidden all this time? And what was he planning behind the scenes?

Iranian Plans to Invade Afghanistan in 1998 |Taliban Afghanistan, Islamic Cold War, Afghan Civil War

Part two of a twenty minute lecture highlighting the major issues related to 9/11. Geared for students of US History at a secondary education level.

Why is there an Al-Qaeda? This infamous organization has ideologies, intellectual roots, and a historical context. Let's talk about it.

Al-Qaeda had been born in the fires of war against the Soviets, but as the 80s turned into the 90s Al-Qaeda made the transition to a terrorist network. This is that story.

HipHughes explains the major events that encompass the Persian Gulf War.

Within a week of 9/11, the United States announced a global war on terror which continues to this day and would spend every last dollar they had and sacrifice thousands of their young people to get their revenge. What was next for both...

The two skyscrapers were both designed around two vertical systems that were held together by a weaker horizontal link.