Future Of War In The News
- in the news | January 15, 2015 | Future of War
Spare a Thought for Those Who Are Not Charlie
If you want to be mourned by millions of marchers and eulogized by dozens of reverential world leaders, apparently you need to be Charlie Hebdo — a... - in the news | January 14, 2015 | Fellows
Words From the Past Illuminate a Station on the Way to Freedom
“This book is a capstone,” said Matthew Pinsker, a historian at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., who will be teaching it to K-12 educators at a ... - in the news | January 14, 2015 | Future of War
The Future of Terrorism According to VICE
Peter Warren SingerWhether it is the advancement of and availability of cheap drones to the ease of carrying out a cyberattack, future terrorists will find it easier ... - in the news | January 14, 2015 | Future of War
Barack Obama places cyber security high on his agenda
Peter Warren SingerPeter Singer from the New America Foundation agrees with the White House that it wasn't a serious breach, but he says it was a minor propaganda vic... - in the news | January 13, 2015 | International Security
Does Islam fuel terrorism?
Salafism is an ultrafundmentalist branch of Islam that is particularly prevalent in Saudi Arabia. Salafism is intolerant of what its adherents cons... - in the news | January 13, 2015 | Future of War
It Doesn’t Really Matter if ISIS Sympathizers Hacked Central Command’s Twitter
Peter Warren SingerAnother indicator was the account cover image being changed to the text “i love you isis.” ISIS is group that tends not to call itself by that acro... - in the news | January 12, 2015 | International Security
The American who inspires terror from Paris to the U.S.
Al-Awlaki was an influence on the two Tsarnaev brothers, who are alleged to have killed three people at the Boston Marathon bombings in 2013. - in the news | January 12, 2015 | Future of War
DOD News: Sharon Burke, Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
If oil prices stay at their current level, the Defense Department stands to save about $2 billion this year. Defense News reports the Pentagon has ... - in the news | January 12, 2015 | Future of War
US Central Command Twitter account hacked to read 'I love you Isis'
Peter Warren Singer“They seized control of the equivalent of the social media loudspeaker for Centcom,” said Peter Singer of the New America Foundation’s Future of Wa... - in the news | January 11, 2015 | Future of War
‘@War’ details rising military-Internet link
“There is no concept of deterrence today in cyber,” a former hacker turned security executive tells Harris. “It’s a global free-fire zone.” - in the news | January 10, 2015 | Future of War
Rise of the female jihadists
According to data collected by New America, based on media reports and court documents, of the 455 individuals who have been publicly identified fr... - in the news | January 08, 2015 | International Security
Americans have plotted to kill cartoonists who lampooned Islam
The cartoons of the prophet had become a particular obsession of al Qaeda. In March 2008, Osama bin Laden denounced the publication of the cartoons... - in the news | January 08, 2015 | Future of War
NAF Launches 'Future of War'
New America*The New America Foundation is launching a new “Future of War” project with Defense One and Arizona State University. The series of writing and eve... - in the news | January 08, 2015 | Future of War
Was Sony Hit With a Second Hack?
“They don’t have the facts that I have, don’t see what I see,” he said. The FBI director added that he has “very high confidence” in few things, bu... - in the news | January 06, 2015 | Future of War
North Korea’s growing hacker army, stout cyberdefenses hinder U.S response to Sony breach
Peter Warren SingerNorth Korea is “just not as vulnerable in cyber as we are, so cyberactions we might take to press the buttons of another nation won’t have the same... - in the news | January 06, 2015 | Future of War
3D printing will change how wars are fought, foriegn policy conducted, experts say.
Peter Warren SingerBeing able to take printers to a war zone promises radical shake-up of combat and the defence industry says Peter W. Singer. - in the news | January 05, 2015 | Future of War
Why U.S. needs to stay in Afghanistan
Peter BerganKeeping a relatively small, predominantly U.S. Special Forces, presence in Afghanistan to continue to train the Afghan army past December 2016 is a... - in the news | January 05, 2015 | Future of War
The Pentagoner: The Long, Slow Death of Capabilities-based Planning
Enter capabilities based planning. It was not necessarily the wrong approach, but it allowed much room for artificial selection; we wanted to build... - in the news | January 04, 2015 | Future of War
Cyberwarfare: The new front
As Shane Harris says in his timely new work of contemporary history, "@War," growing inexorably in recent years. The United States and its adversar... - in the news | December 23, 2014 | Future of War
6th J-20 Stealth Fighter Rolls Out, More to soon follow
Peter Warren Singer*Coming less than three weeks after the fifth prototype, "2013", first flew on November 29, 2014, the rapid production of J-20 stealth fighters sug... - in the news | December 22, 2014 | Future of War
The Chinese Army Gets a Smart Grenade Launcher for Christmas
Peter Warren SingerWhat makes the system so appealing is how it combines the rapid fire action of an assault rifle with a programmable, multipurpose 20mm grenade laun... - in the news | December 21, 2014 | Future of War
Sony hack fallout: What can the U.S. do against North Korea?
Peter Warren SingerAnd it's not just about cybersecurity. It's about how to punish and deter what's pretty much a pariah state whom the U.S. has struggled to punish a...