Future Of War In The News
- in the news | September 29, 2014 | Future of War
Jihadist threat not as big as you think
The sudden public emergence of the Khorasan group as a threat underlines the fact that the global jihadist movement, which at the time of the 9/11 ... - in the news | September 29, 2014 | Future of War
America's wartime president
Many Muslims hoped that the first African-American president, who had opposed the Iraq War as a candidate, would be quite different than his predec... - in the news | September 25, 2014 | Future of War
Are the airstrikes working?
The Pentagon says the al Qaeda offshoot group called Khorasan was planning an imminent attack on European or American soil. But did the airstrikes ... - in the news | September 23, 2014 | Future of War
Lone wolves are biggest terror threat
While al Qaeda and its affiliates have failed to conduct any successful attacks in the United States since 9/11, they have sought to encourage acti... - in the news | September 23, 2014 | Future of War
2014 Jihadist Terrorism and Other Unconventional Threats
While the core al-Qaeda group that struck the United States on 9/11 has been decimated in recent years, its affiliates and associated groups have d... - in the news | September 22, 2014 | Future of War
Hezbollah armed drone? Militants' new weapon
Over this past weekend, Hezbollah, the militant Shiite group that is headquartered in Lebanon, reportedly used drones to bomb a building used by th... - in the news | September 16, 2014 | Future of War
The British connection to ISIS beheadings
It is a real crisis for Cameron, and it underlines a sobering fact: British citizens have volunteered to go to Syria to fight at 25 times the rate ... - in the news | September 08, 2014 | Future of War
The War Of Zeros And Ones
Peter Warren SingerThe security failure wasn’t because all Syrian radar officers turned traitor that night. Rather, their technology did. - in the news | September 05, 2014 | International Security
ISIS threat to U.S. mostly hype
ISIS has Americans worried.But are such fears really justified? Despite the impression you may have had from listening to U.S. officials in recent ... -
Welcome to the Future of War project!
Alan B. Davidson Anne-Marie Slaughter Michael Lind Peter Bergen Peter Warren Singer Sascha Meinrath Tim MaurerEarlier this week, Arizona State University and the New America Foundation announced a joint project, the Future of War. The project combines the i... - in the news | August 31, 2014 | International Security
The man who hunted bin Laden, Saddam, and the Pirates
"Revered" is the word you often hear about McRaven in the special operations community. - in the news | August 29, 2014 | International Security
An Americans gateway to jihad
On Wednesday, a propaganda video appeared on the Internet featuring Moner Abu-Salha, the U.S. citizen from Florida who died conducting a suicide bo... - in the news | August 29, 2014 | International Security
When Americans leave for jihad
McCain is the first American known to have been killed while fighting for ISIS. But he is not the only American drawn to the group or to al Qaeda's... - in the news | August 25, 2014 | Future of War
Now ISIS has drones?
But this video had something else in it that previous videos released by ISIS have not: Surveillance footage apparently shot by a drone. - in the news | August 22, 2014 | Future of War
Should Western nations just pay ISIS ransom?
The first uncomfortable fact is that if you pay a ransom a hostage is more likely to be released. The other is that every time a ransom is paid it ... - in the news | August 20, 2014 | International Security
ISIS: Is it really a threat to the U.S.?
U.S. officials are claiming that the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, is "now a credible alternative to al Qaeda." But wha... - in the news | August 06, 2014 | International Security
U.S. general's killing may be a bad omen
The attack is an ominous sign regarding the potential risks to American service members as the majority of U.S. forces withdraw from Afghanistan. - in the news | June 16, 2014 | International Security
Bush's toxic legacy in Iraq
From where did ISIS spring? One of George W. Bush's most toxic legacies is the introduction of al Qaeda into Iraq, which is the ISIS mother ship. - in the news | June 10, 2014 | International Security
Right-wing extremists strike again
The Millers appear to have been motivated by extreme far-right views. The couple left a flag at the scene of the crime with the words "Don't Tread ... - in the news | June 08, 2014 | International Security
How big a terror risk are former Guantanamo prisoners?
Bailey Cahal1 Peter BergenIn order to shed some light on exactly which graduates from Guantanamo have joined a militant group or engaged in some other kind of terrorist acti... - in the news | June 03, 2014 | International Security
Americans dying for al Qaeda
Nearly 13 years after the 9/11 attacks, many Americans were likely surprised to learn that one of their fellow citizens had committed suicide on be... - in the news | May 28, 2014 | International Security
Obama says goodbye to American hubris
What is the Obama Doctrine? As the President put it Wednesday, "Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail."