In The News
- in the news | December 18, 2014 | International Security
Rabia Chaudry fights for Muslims — and Adnan
Chaudry embraces her role as a firebrand who, as she recently tweeted, is "shattering stereotypes" of veiled Muslim women. Buzzfeed named her this ... - in the news | December 18, 2014 | International Security
UN investigates Palestinian minister's death
The UN Security Council is investigating the death of Ziad Abu Ein, a Palestinian minister who died this month while leading a group of Palestinian... - in the news | December 18, 2014 | International Security
Pakistani Taliban threatens further violence following Peshawar school killings
Anatol LievenThe popular groundswell to suppress the Taliban may not endure, said Anatol Lieven, the author of "Pakistan: A Hard Country", in a phone interview ... - in the news | December 18, 2014 | Future of War
The Morning Download: Sony Attack Is Cybersecurity’s ‘Snowden’ Moment
Peter Warren SingerThe digital assault on Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (much more on that below) has changed the public’s perception of cybersecurity, much as the... - in the news | December 18, 2014 | Future of War
The Sony Hack Is Not an Excuse to Pass Bad Cybersecurity Laws
Peter Warren SingerAs cybersecurity expert Peter Singer noted in our interview yesterday, "the ability to steal gossipy emails from a not-so-great protected computer ... - in the news | December 17, 2014 | Future of War
Sony pulls movie, amid reports linking North Korea to hack
Peter Warren SingerThe film’s cancellation “changes this from a joke, to them incentivizing attacks on other people,” said Peter Singer, a senior fellow at the New Am... - in the news | December 17, 2014 | Education Policy
"My Default is Polemic": Bringing Sass to Education Writing
Conor Williams isn’t shy about sharing his stories or his opinions. He’s shared with the whole Internet, for example, that he was mugged during his... - in the news | December 17, 2014 | Fellows
How did swaps regulation get into the CRomnibus? Ask this army of lobbyists
The banks made it easy for Congress, and then made a convincing case for it - over, and over, and over again. And the other side just didn't have t... - in the news | December 17, 2014 | Fellows
Jeb Bush candidacy move fires up White House race
“It is the kind of announcement that will shake the Republican field because now there is someone that others can see easily becoming the nominee a... - in the news | December 17, 2014 | Future of War
Reaction to the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid'
Peter Warren SingerThere's two layers to it now. There's the definition of terrorism and the reaction to it, which has been a combination of being both insipid and en... - in the news | December 16, 2014 | Future of War
Pakistan's 9/11
Today the Pakistani military understands that the Frankenstein that it helped to create must now be killed. - in the news | December 16, 2014 | International Security
- in the news | December 16, 2014 | Fellows
Jeb Bush announcement 'a big deal' to Chris Christie 2016 presidential candidacy, observers say
“It’s a big deal,” said Julian Zelizer, a professor of political history at Princeton University. “This is the one person who probably worries (Chr... - in the news | December 16, 2014 | Fellows
Christie left to defuse Jeb Bush bombshell
Christie “is no longer alone on an island surrounded by Tea Party activists,” said Julian Zelizer, a political history professor at Princeton Unive... - in the news | December 16, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
“Public” Space, Civic Engagement, and the Internet
How and can we, as a community, collectively curate safe public spaces that all us the opportunity to define what we want community to be? - in the news | December 16, 2014 | International Security
Declining oil prices: OPEC vs. (future) Shale?
Partly as a result of the U.S. energy boom, oil prices have hit a five-and-a-half-year low - in the news | December 16, 2014 | International Security
Not just the faiths of Abraham
Mr Russell wants, in particular, to “give a voice” to the sects that are most vulnerable to extinction, either in the sense that their belief syste... - in the news | December 16, 2014 | Fellows
Bring Back Corrpution!
In Corruption in America, Teachout recounts many of these struggles, making her book in part a greatest hits of court cases and laws dealing with b... - in the news | December 15, 2014 | Fellows
Why we still need to worry about money in politics
The problem with our campaign finance system is not that elections cost too much money. The problem is that we have a campaign system dominated by ... - in the news | December 15, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
With and Of and By and For
The idea that anybody can participate is the very source of government as platform’s value. It’s also a frequently revisited trope within the civic... - in the news | December 15, 2014 | Fellows
Will torture report change the CIA?
The most important factor is that when it comes to national security, fear usually triumphs over almost everything else. - in the news | December 15, 2014 | Fellows Future of War
Sydney Residents Rally To Head Off Anti-Muslim Violence
David KilcullenAudie Cornish talks to Australian terrorism expert David Kilcullen about the relationship between the Australian government and Muslim communities.