In The News
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Not all drones are created equal
Peter Warren SingerOn Nov. 20, we hosted a Google Hangout with Peter W. Singer, top-notch strategist and senior fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington D.C... - in the news | November 21, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
"China's 600 Million Searchers Push Global Internet Towards Censorship"
“There’s an effort to get American and European companies to be more transparent on how they handle government information requests,” said Rebecca ... - in the news | November 21, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
"New Yorkers Get Worse Internet Service Than People in Bucharest"
It’s no secret that when it comes to speed and price, U.S. broadband options often pale in comparison with some of the great deals available in oth... - in the news | November 21, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
The Universal Internet
New AmericaA recent study by New America Foundation (which is neither predictably liberal nor conservative) showed that America is falling behind. It found th... - in the news | November 20, 2014 | Future of War
Waltz and Moss: Stop chasing the violence
Michael G. WaltzPresident Obama’s recent decision to send an additional 1,500 U.S. personnel to Iraq “in a non-combat role, to expand our training effort for Iraqi... - in the news | November 19, 2014 | Fellows
Clinton enjoys unofficial campaign
“This is why it’s convenient not to be an official candidate,” said Julian Zelizer, a professor of public affairs and history at Princeton Universi... - in the news | November 19, 2014 | Fellows
Chris Christie victory lap for Republican governors could be cut short by 2016 presidential politics
“This is why it’s convenient not to be an official candidate,” said Julian Zelizer, a professor of public affairs and history at Princeton Universi... - in the news | November 19, 2014 | Future of War
How to Combat ISIS, Starting in Your Community
New AmericaPartnering with ISIS makes sense from an economic perspective for many of these organizations, especially the smaller militant groups operating ins... - in the news | November 19, 2014 | Future of War
Why ISIS is spreading across Muslim world
Partnering with ISIS makes sense from an economic perspective for many of these organizations, especially the smaller militant groups operating ins... - in the news | November 18, 2014 | Future of War
How to Fix America's Foreign Policy
Henry Kissinger’s new book should be read as a salvo in the ongoing foreign policy struggle for Barack Obama’s soul. It is a book of many parts, bu... - in the news | November 17, 2014 | International Security
Seven unlikely events in the fight against Islamic State, and their likely outcomes
When assessing events on the ground — particularly in dynamic situations like Iraq and Syria — it is devilishly difficult to determine if and when ... - in the news | November 17, 2014 | Future of War
The Missiles of Zhuhai: China Displays New Strike Arsenal
Peter Warren SingerAt Zhuhai 2014, the proliferation of world class precision guided munitions on display shows not just Chinese interests in extending its hitting po... - in the news | November 17, 2014 | Fellows
Your boss lost an election, you lost a job — but Tom Manatos is here to save the day.
According to Lee Drutman of the New America Foundation, there’s no real evidence that shows a difference between Democratic and Republican revolvin... - in the news | November 17, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
Why the South lags behind when it comes to home broadband use
"Cost is a huge factor in terms of broadband adoption, and in the U.S. we tend to pay more for broadband at entry level speed tiers as well as the ... - in the news | November 17, 2014 | Future of War
An In-Depth Look At The U.S. Cyber War, The Military Alliance And Its Pitfalls
In the book @War, Shane Harris reports that U.S. intelligence agencies, sometimes aided by corporations, are trying to dominate cyberspace. It's "c... - in the news | November 16, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
Cyber bill’s fate hinges on NSA reform
“The Senate absolutely must pass USA Freedom before it can even consider taking up cyber info sharing legislation,” said Robyn Greene, policy couns... - in the news | November 16, 2014 | Economic Growth
Billionaires Grow in Numbers, Influence
Writer Michael Lind believes that American billionaires are not as powerful as one might think. Mr. Lind is a fellow at the New America Foundation.... - in the news | November 16, 2014 | Future of War
Inside the Middle East’s vanishing ancient religions
Gerard Russell, a British-American ex-diplomat who lived in Jerusalem, Baghdad, and Kabul, is interested in the religions that have survived even w... - in the news | November 15, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
"Facebook, Microsoft, Apple Make Year-End Lobbying Push to Curb NSA Spying"
New AmericaU.S. companies are in danger of losing more business to foreign competitors if the NSA’s power to spy on customers isn’t curbed, according to a Jul... - in the news | November 15, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
A Plumbing Problem for the Internet (and the Stock Market)
Cogent’s story became part of the net neutrality debate last winter, when a big plumbing problem afflicted the Internet. Thousands of Netflix custo... - in the news | November 15, 2014 | Future of War
Soldiers, Spies, Cyberwarriors: '@War' In The Internet Age
"It was a really instructive and, I think, very scary war gaming exercise for people in the military," writer Shane Harris tells NPR's Arun Rath. "... - in the news | November 15, 2014 | Future of War
Interview: Counter-insurgency expert David Kilcullen
David KilcullenDavid Kilcullen: It's different in three major ways. Firstly, it is much bigger and more militarily capable than al-Qaida ever was. It has tanks, i...