In The News
- in the news | November 22, 2014 | Fellows
Obama's R-day visit: Lame game has no takers; visit will be strong and meaningful, experts say
"History shows that the next few years could be a highly creative and significant period in Obama's presidency," writes Julian Zelizer, a Professor... - in the news | November 19, 2014 | Fellows
Clinton enjoys unofficial campaign
“This is why it’s convenient not to be an official candidate,” said Julian Zelizer, a professor of public affairs and history at Princeton Universi... - in the news | November 19, 2014 | Fellows
Chris Christie victory lap for Republican governors could be cut short by 2016 presidential politics
“This is why it’s convenient not to be an official candidate,” said Julian Zelizer, a professor of public affairs and history at Princeton Universi... - in the news | November 17, 2014 | International Security
Seven unlikely events in the fight against Islamic State, and their likely outcomes
When assessing events on the ground — particularly in dynamic situations like Iraq and Syria — it is devilishly difficult to determine if and when ... - in the news | November 17, 2014 | Future of War
The Missiles of Zhuhai: China Displays New Strike Arsenal
Peter Warren SingerAt Zhuhai 2014, the proliferation of world class precision guided munitions on display shows not just Chinese interests in extending its hitting po... - in the news | November 17, 2014 | Fellows
Your boss lost an election, you lost a job — but Tom Manatos is here to save the day.
According to Lee Drutman of the New America Foundation, there’s no real evidence that shows a difference between Democratic and Republican revolvin... - in the news | November 17, 2014 | Future of War
An In-Depth Look At The U.S. Cyber War, The Military Alliance And Its Pitfalls
In the book @War, Shane Harris reports that U.S. intelligence agencies, sometimes aided by corporations, are trying to dominate cyberspace. It's "c... - in the news | November 16, 2014 | Future of War
Inside the Middle East’s vanishing ancient religions
Gerard Russell, a British-American ex-diplomat who lived in Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Kabul, is interested in the religions that have survived even w... - in the news | November 15, 2014 | Future of War
Soldiers, Spies, Cyberwarriors: '@War' In The Internet Age
"It was a really instructive and, I think, very scary war gaming exercise for people in the military," writer Shane Harris tells NPR's Arun Rath. "... - in the news | November 15, 2014 | Future of War
The Lawfare Podcast, Episode #100: Shane Harris @War
Shane Harris, national security writer for the Daily Beast, was the first ever guest on the Lawfare Podcast, back when it was the most experimental... - in the news | November 14, 2014 | Fellows
As Chinese Adoptees Return Home, a New Genre Tells Their Tales
“Ricki’s Promise,” a documentary about a Seattle teen’s summer spent with her birth family in China, began showing on the U.S. film festival circui... - in the news | November 14, 2014 | Fellows
Invest in Smarter Government
Here’s what I would do with my wave of the magic wand. I would triple the amount the Congress spends on staff (keeping it still at just under 0.1% ... - in the news | November 14, 2014 | Fellows
To Catch a Professor
Are the recent midterm voters reflective of the American public? Today on The Gist, history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer explains wh... - in the news | November 14, 2014 | Fellows
George Washington Bridge Probe Likely to Stretch Into 2015
Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, said that the scandal dragging into 2015 is problematic as Mr. C... - in the news | November 12, 2014 | International Security
Free Speech Zone with @AlyonaMink
Alyona cuts through the spin to find the real story. Today she speaks with writer Shane Harris about his new book "@War: The Rise of the Military-I... - in the news | November 12, 2014 | International Security
The Mercenaries
Endgame is one of a small but growing number of boutique cyber mercenaries that specialize in what security professionals euphemistically call “act... - in the news | November 06, 2014 | Fellows
Afghanistan: ‘A Shocking Indictment’
But Anand Gopal’s No Good Men Among the Living shows that everything has not been said. His new and shocking indictment demonstrates that the failu... - in the news | November 05, 2014 | Fellows
A huge night for Republicans
Julian Zelizer: House and Senate now a further reach for Dems in 2016 - in the news | November 05, 2014 | Fellows
Midterm election results may force President Obama to shift course
“A horrible situation on Capitol Hill is going to only get worse,” said Julian Zelizer, a political historian at Princeton University. “The idea th... - in the news | November 05, 2014 | Fellows
White House faces new challenges with GOP Congress
"I think the final two years will be a period of expanded executive power... and I think in Congress, although there will be some talk of bipartisa... - in the news | November 05, 2014 | Future of War
Are today's leaders prepared for cyberwarfare?
Peter Warren SingerPeter W Singer, a strategist and senior fellow at the New America Foundation, is lecturing on cyber security and cyber war at Sydney University ton... - in the news | November 05, 2014 | Fellows
Barack Obama doesn't have to be a 'lame-duck' president
Zelizer said he believes there will be limited activity coming out of the White House in those last couple years. And with all eyes on the next ele...