In The News
- in the news | December 03, 2014 | Future Tense
When Superiority goes wrong: Science ficiton and offset strategies
Peter Warren Singer*The New America Foundation recently hosted a daylong conference, headlined by Neal Stephenson, that sought to re-focus science fiction on providin... - in the news | December 03, 2014 | Breadwinning & Caregiving
SCOTUS hears pregnancy discrimination case
Can an employer fire a pregnant employee if he or she feels the worker cannot complete her job duties? The Supreme Court could soon rule on that. N... -
Boston: An Exciting Place for Civic Innovation
Boston is not just trying one strategy or using one tool; rather it is creating an entire ecosystem for innovation to thrive. The recent passing of... -
City libraries announce wi-fi hotspot program
Joshua BrietbartAmong the advisers to the library for the program are, in addition to the mayor's office, Tim Wu, the Columbia Law professor and net neutrality adv... -
Julian E. Zelizer on WTOP
A congressional staffer is out of a job - after taking to Facebook to criticize the president's daughters - Princeton's Julian Zelizer on WTOP -
Boehner floats plan to avoid shutdown. But will hardline Republicans go along?
Should this plan, or something similar that is acceptable to Democrats, actually beat the budget deadline of Dec. 11 and be signed by the president... - in the news | December 02, 2014 | Fellows
Lame duck 101: What to expect from the last days of this Congress
Watching the GOP discussion on immigration can give an idea of how hard Republicans might push in other areas, says Julian Zelizer, a professor at ... - in the news | December 01, 2014 | Fellows
John McCain's political comeback
McCain has regained some of his footing by becoming the voice of the neoconservative Republicans, a group that many wrote off as a lost voice after... - in the news | December 01, 2014 | Future of War
War contractors ready for battle against Islamic State
Peter Warren SingerDuring the height of the U.S. military “surge” in Iraq in 2007, more than 180,000 private contractors were stationed throughout the region, accordi... - in the news | December 01, 2014 | Fellows
The Civility Wars
Hua HsuThere is no tidy history of the civility movement, only moments that illustrate the word’s meandering evolution. For example, civility has been deb... - in the news | December 01, 2014
Cybercivility
Nemati worked on a script for a public service announcement called “The Internet Never Forgets.” Its storyline demonstrates how students’ online be... -
Shane Harris’ ‘@War’ details rising military-Internet link
The U.S. military and intelligence community, Harris reports, were slow to join the cyberarms race but are now muscling up apace, only modestly slo... -
American broadband is better than you think
Danielle Kehl noted two big drawbacks to the American internet. One was price. American broadband networks might be fast, but consumers often pay a... - in the news | November 29, 2014 | International Security
Baghdad’s Jewish co-founder & Egypt’s Christian Prime Ministers. The Islamic legacy that ISIS hates
ISIS does not want those stories to be told. It claims to be recreating the caliphate through bloodshed and persecution, not learning and tolerance... - in the news | November 29, 2014 | Fellows
GOP aide’s online dig at Obama daughters creates backlash
“But in an era of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, this stuff is just hard to control,” he said. And, given the acrimonious nature of Republican de... - in the news | November 29, 2014 | International Security
New gains seen as Iraqi army pushes back against Islamic State fighters
Douglas OllivantJust a few months ago, some U.S. officials worried that ISIS could be in a position to overtake Baghdad. But now there are new signs of confidence ... - in the news | November 28, 2014 | International Security
National Security Babies
If young children do not receive high-quality care from educated professionals who understand how to stimulate and shape brain development, the nex... -
Stanton graduate saw military policy made in D.C., then up close as Green Beret in Afghanistan
“I had no moral objection to the invasion of Iraq,” said, Waltz.“My objection to the invasion was the timing,” he said. “Our job was far from finis... -
Diffused Congruence Podcast: Serial's Rabia Chaudry
For this episode, Parvez and I are joined by Rabia Chaudry, an attorney and civil rights activist who is a family friend of Syed's and first brough... -
Tracing the disappearing religions of the Middle East
The collapse of nationalist and other secular political movements, like “Arab socialism”, along with the lack of moral authority among state instit... - in the news | November 27, 2014 | Fellows
The annual Turkey pardon, demystified
“Even though this isn’t a big thing, there is something to note that a lobbying group is even behind this,” says Julian Zelizer, a political histor... - in the news | November 26, 2014 | International Security
Terrorism laws: 'legal basis' needed for social media companies
How much responsibility should social media companies have for fighting terrorism? Facebook is particularly in the spotlight after it emerged one o...