WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Today's hydra serpent of world terrorism is no longer al-Qaida or Taliban but the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, aka ISIS, ISIL or Daish in Arabic.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Is a tidal wave of U.S. neo-isolationism in the long-range forecast?

It will be an adventure to see how the first session of the 114th Congress that takes office in January 2015 will deal with the issues facing the country.

To hear the anguished cries of critics of the Obama administration's defense plans, one would think the nation is disarming.

The nation should not panic even under terrorist attack. A repeat of the Palmer Raids would do far more damage to the nation than any terrorist attacks.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Airpower alone against asymmetric warfare simply forces the enemy to change strategy and tactics. IS has done so and is now ten miles from Baghdad.

Google is in a row with France about how much corporate taxes it pays. The dispute demonstrates corporate taxes, along with personal income taxes, are obsolete.

To defeat the Islamic State, three big bets must pay-off. First, President Barack Obama must have grown in office. Second is that Secretary of State John Kerry will be given the authority to execute the strategy. And third is that Iraq understands that it is in a fight to the death with IS.

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The Labor Department reported the economy added 244,000 jobs in September, well below the 400,000 needed to bring unemployment down to pre-crisis levels.

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Civil society groups and a recent book look to make unification a popular issue among South Koreans through an appeal to history and greater public engagement.

Make no mistake: in taking the fight to the Islamic State President Barack Obama is at a defining moment for his presidency and probably the future.

With world attention riveted on U.S. and friendly Arab air strikes against Islamic State bases in Syria, Pakistan, one of the world's eight nuclear powers, was yet again a bubbling geopolitical cauldron.

President Obama appears determined to avoid sending U.S. boots back to Iraq. But there is no alternative short of disengagement -- and turning the mission over.

Is AQAM or ISIS the main terrorist threat facing the U.S.? A key branch of Israeli intelligence says it's still al-Qaida and that ISIS is a long term menace.

Without oil and its big financial sector employers, Scottish taxes would become too burdensome for highly paid industries, and those would ultimately leave too.

History can help detect strategic flaws. But does this White House have any sense of history -- or of strategy?

Gen. John R. Allen, Ret.: "It is about the region and potentially the world as we know it." U.S. bombing alone is a recipe for failure.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- IS isn't just targeting the Middle East and the US. It's aiming at Southeast Asia, too. Malaysian authorities recently stopped a major IS-influenced attack, and Indonesian and Philippine officials are scrambling to prevent their own growing flocks of IS-inspired terrorists from going on the rampage. IS is a global threat.

IS is not Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union. It is a clear and present danger. And the absence of a comprehensive strategy will only make that danger worse.