Dropping in briefly to draw attention to interesting content in the latest issue of International Security. First, an article entitled "Motives For Martyrdom: Al-Qaida, Salafi Jihad, and the Spread of Suicide Attacks," by Assaf Moghadam. Second, some correspondence, in response to the Johnson and Mason article, "No Sign until the Burst of Fire: Understanding the Pakistan-Afghanistan Frontier," in the Spring 2008 issue.

Go read.