In The News
- in the news | November 12, 2014 | International Security
Free Speech Zone with @AlyonaMink
Alyona cuts through the spin to find the real story. Today she speaks with writer Shane Harris about his new book "@War: The Rise of the Military-I... - in the news | November 12, 2014 | Future of War
On the Frontline of the Digital Battlefield
*For his new book, "@War," The Daily Beast's national security correspondent Shane Harris interviewed people on the frontline of technological warf... - in the news | November 12, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
Net-Neutrality Debate Splits Telecom Industry
Long-haul Internet carriers have been squabbling with other broadband providers for years over who should pay to carry data over the so-called last... - in the news | November 12, 2014 | International Security
The Mercenaries
Endgame is one of a small but growing number of boutique cyber mercenaries that specialize in what security professionals euphemistically call “act... - in the news | November 11, 2014 | International Security
Terrorist attack on Australian soil 'a certainty'
David KilcullenDavid Kilcullen, who has advised Army Generals in Iraq, and was the Chief Counter Terrorism strategist at the US State Department, is convinced too... - in the news | November 11, 2014 | Education Policy
Obama's Fragile Education Legacy
But if Obama’s education agenda is a bigger legacy piece than people realize, it’s also exceedingly fragile. States who developed new teacher evalu... - in the news | November 11, 2014 | International Security
China's New Military Robots Pack More Robots Inside, Starcraft-Style
Peter Warren SingerChina puts autonomous and armed robots up for sale at the 2014 Zhuhai Air Show. In one package, you get three robots! - in the news | November 10, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
Can mesh networks and offline wireless move from protest tools to news?
“The thing about mesh is that you don’t have to plan it out in advance,” says Georgia Bullen, a data analyst with the Open Technology Institute, wh... - in the news | November 10, 2014 | International Security
Doctrine Man speaks: Tom, you magnificent bastard, I read your post!
*The Human Dimension White Paper describes what is arguably the most significant institutional challenge we will face in the next generation -- opt... - in the news | November 10, 2014 | International Security
The Supreme Court's legacy could 'blow a big hole' in Obama's legacy this year
"Health Care is the most important part of the president's legacy, and the most unstable part of his legacy," said Julian E. Zelizer, a professor o... - in the news | November 10, 2014 | International Security
Avoiding Unnecessary Wars and Preserving Accountability: Principles for an ISIL-Specific AUMF
Earlier today, a group of legal experts–including Rosa Brooks, Sarah Cleveland, Jen Daskal, Walter Dellinger, Harold Koh, and Marty Lederman–releas... - in the news | November 10, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
‘Cybersecurity’ and Why Definitions Are Risky
On November 7, the Swiss Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) held a conference in Vienna on confidence-... - in the news | November 07, 2014 | International Security
Root for oil prices to go back up?
American drivers across the country are rejoicing at falling gasoline prices, but the world's oil producers are understandably less thrilled at the... -
100 Women in Congress? So What.
Even as women make up nearly 60 percent of college students; even as law schools, practically a manufacturing plant for nascent politicians, are ha... - in the news | November 06, 2014 | Fellows
Afghanistan: ‘A Shocking Indictment’
But Anand Gopal’s No Good Men Among the Living shows that everything has not been said. His new and shocking indictment demonstrates that the failu... - in the news | November 05, 2014 | Fellows
A huge night for Republicans
Julian Zelizer: House and Senate now a further reach for Dems in 2016 - in the news | November 05, 2014 | Future of War
Obama’s Foreign Policy
From Ukraine to the Middle East to China, the United States is redefining its role in international affairs. Alliance building, public diplomacy, a... - in the news | November 05, 2014 | Fellows
Midterm election results may force President Obama to shift course
“A horrible situation on Capitol Hill is going to only get worse,” said Julian Zelizer, a political historian at Princeton University. “The idea th... - in the news | November 05, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
Net Neutrality/Red Hook
Tony Schloss (Red Hook Initiative) and Andy Gunn (Open Technology Institute) discuss net neutrality. - in the news | November 05, 2014 | Fellows
White House faces new challenges with GOP Congress
"I think the final two years will be a period of expanded executive power... and I think in Congress, although there will be some talk of bipartisa... - in the news | November 05, 2014 | Future of War
Are today's leaders prepared for cyberwarfare?
Peter Warren SingerPeter W Singer, a strategist and senior fellow at the New America Foundation, is lecturing on cyber security and cyber war at Sydney University ton... - in the news | November 05, 2014 | Fellows
Barack Obama doesn't have to be a 'lame-duck' president
Zelizer said he believes there will be limited activity coming out of the White House in those last couple years. And with all eyes on the next ele...