In The News
- in the news | November 15, 2014 | Future of War
The Lawfare Podcast, Episode #100: Shane Harris @War
Shane Harris, national security writer for the Daily Beast, was the first ever guest on the Lawfare Podcast, back when it was the most experimental... - in the news | November 14, 2014 | Future of War
China's New Exoskeletons: Not just for Call of Duty or Tom Cruise Anymore
Peter Warren SingerPowered exoskeletons have long been a staple of future warfare visions, seen in everything from movies like Aliens and Edge of Tomorrow to the late... - in the news | November 14, 2014 | Future of War
China Shows Off Its Growing Drone Fleet
Peter Warren SingerWhile much of the buzz at the Zhuhai Air Show has been about new manned stealth Jets in China’s arsenal, it has also shed light on how China's unma... - in the news | November 14, 2014 | Fellows
As Chinese Adoptees Return Home, a New Genre Tells Their Tales
“Ricki’s Promise,” a documentary about a Seattle teen’s summer spent with her birth family in China, began showing on the U.S. film festival circui... - in the news | November 14, 2014
Social Innovation: A Bi-Partisan Bright Spot
*Making government payments contingent on measurable results is part of a larger push for “evidenced based” policy-making. Outside of government, s... - in the news | November 14, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
LTE Means Wireless Faces No Technical Hurdles From Tough Net Neutrality Rules, NAF Says
*There’s no engineering reason why the same net neutrality rules imposed on fixed networks can’t be imposed on mobile, said New America’s Open Tech... - in the news | November 14, 2014 | Fellows
Invest in Smarter Government
Here’s what I would do with my wave of the magic wand. I would triple the amount the Congress spends on staff (keeping it still at just under 0.1% ... - in the news | November 14, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
"U.S. Cellular partner, Cellcom and other small carriers oppose using Title II for net neutrality rules"
New AmericaHowever, the New America Foundation report rejected the arguments carriers have made. The report included an engineering study, conducted by the fo... - in the news | November 14, 2014 | Fellows
To Catch a Professor
Are the recent midterm voters reflective of the American public? Today on The Gist, history and public affairs professor Julian Zelizer explains wh... - in the news | November 14, 2014 | Future of War
Not As Sexy As Stealth, But Maybe More Important: China Shows Off New Cargo Planes
Peter Warren SingerAt Zhuhai 2014, China debuts the Y-20 heavy transport to the entire world, with a USAF C-17A Globemaster III present as a guest of honor. Meanwhile... - in the news | November 14, 2014 | Fellows
George Washington Bridge Probe Likely to Stretch Into 2015
Julian Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, said that the scandal dragging into 2015 is problematic as Mr. C... - in the news | November 13, 2014 | Education Policy
Cities Moving At Their Own (Faster) Pace To Offer Publicly Funded Preschool
San Antonio — By raising its sales tax slightly in the sprng of 2013, San Antonio launched a $38 million public preschool program now serving 1,500... - in the news | November 13, 2014 | Future of War
The guys saying Iraq and Syria don’t exist are writing a recipe for a general war (14)
The notion that this process can be managed to American advantage is nonsense. We saw what a comparable effort to redraw boundaries to accommodate ... - in the news | November 13, 2014 | Future of War
Why that New York Times story about chemical weapons in Iraq is important
I didn't see what the big deal was about the New York Times story on chemical weapons in Iraq, mainly because in '03-'04 everyone there knew there ... -
The Future of war: Cyber is expanding the Clausewitzian spectrum of conflict
The Pentagon's principal cyber advisor, Assistant Secretary of Defense Eric Rosenbach, said about cyber operations last month, "The place where I t... - in the news | November 13, 2014 | Future of War
China's J-31 Stealth Fighter: Then and Now
Peter Warren SingerChina has joined the U.S. in being the only nations to have built multiple stealth fighter classes. This week, China shows off its newest fighter, ... - in the news | November 13, 2014 | Future of War
‘Serial’: An investigative journalism podcast becomes a cultural obsession
The answer turned out to be: a lot of people. Chaudry isn’t the only one with a first-thing-Thursday appointment with the multi-part true-crime inv... - in the news | November 13, 2014 | Future of War
'@War' details the unsettling implications of cyber warfare and espionage
A new book by Shane Harris chronicles the startling rise and unsettling implications of cyber warfare and espionage. @War: The Rise of the Military... - in the news | November 13, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
Do Net Neutrality Rules Hinder Management of Wireless Networks?
New AmericaThe Open Technology Institute (OTI) Thursday announced new research that it says proves net neutrality will not hinder the management of wireless n... - in the news | November 13, 2014 | Future of War
Five By Five Friday Q&A: Shane Harris, Author of @War
Shane Harris is a reporter at the Daily Beast and the author of the acclaimed book “The Watchers.” His new book, “@War,” hit the shelves this week.... - in the news | November 12, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
"Take Net Neutrality Back to the Future"
New AmericaPrices for broadband are also much higher in the U.S. than in many other countries, a 2013 report released by the think tank New America Foundation... - in the news | November 12, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
"What France has taught me: Americans are suckers who have themselves to blame for crappy broadband"
New AmericaThe story talks about a study, “The Cost of Connectivity,” that the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute published. It looks at citie...