Future Of War In The News
- in the news | January 15, 2014 | International Security
NSA and your phone records: What should Obama do?
On Friday President Obama will address the nation about the NSA's controversial surveillance programs. He is expected to announce some substantive ... - in the news | January 07, 2014 | International Security
Al Qaeda controls more territory than ever in Middle East
From around Aleppo in western Syria to small areas of Falluja in central Iraq, al Qaeda now controls territory that stretches more than 400 miles a... - in the news | January 05, 2014 | International Security
U.S. needs to stay in Afghanistan
This U.S. military presence in Afghanistan doesn't have to be a large, nor does it need to play a combat role, but U.S. troops should remain in Afg... - in the news | December 30, 2013 | International Security
Would NSA surveillance have stopped 9/11 plot?
The Obama administration has framed its defense of the controversial bulk collection of all American phone records as necessary to prevent a future... - in the news | December 23, 2013 | International Security
Is al Qaeda outdoing the U.S. on truth telling?
Yet, in Yemen where the U.S. has been fighting a small, undeclared war for the past four years, we have now arrived at the ironic point where Ameri... - in the news | December 03, 2013 | International Security
Hyping the terror threat?
But is there any real reason to think that Americans are no safer than was the case a couple of years back? Not according to a study by the New Ame... - in the news | November 25, 2013 | International Security
Did Obama keep his drone promises?
On May 23, President Barack Obama gave a major speech at the National Defense University in Washington stating his intention to recalibrate his cou... - in the news | November 18, 2013 | International Security
Rapping for al Qaeda in Syria
In August, al Qaeda's propaganda arm released a video starring the German rapper Deso Dogg. - in the news | October 11, 2013 | International Security
Syrian war's brutality isn't going away
A gruesome snuff video that has garnered more than 180,000 views on YouTube underlines just how grim the Syrian conflict has become. - in the news | October 07, 2013 | International Security
Good thing U.S. terrorist hunters weren't furloughed
For the past five days the pirates had taken hostage Richard Phillips, the American captain of the Maersk Alabama container ship.President Barack O...