In The News
- in the news | September 30, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
Smartphone Encryption Restores Public Trust in Technology
The choice by Apple and Google to incorporate privacy-as-default features into their products adds a populist element to privacy vs. state security... - in the news | September 30, 2014 | International Security
Wooing Wall Street execs
*“To attract more foreign direct investment in the United States, Mr. Modi quite simply needs to improve the business climate in India,” said Anish... - in the news | September 29, 2014 | Future of War
Jihadist threat not as big as you think
The sudden public emergence of the Khorasan group as a threat underlines the fact that the global jihadist movement, which at the time of the 9/11 ... - in the news | September 29, 2014 | Future of War
America's wartime president
Many Muslims hoped that the first African-American president, who had opposed the Iraq War as a candidate, would be quite different than his predec... - in the news | September 29, 2014 | Fellows
Pro-Democracy Protests Continue in Hong Kong
*“Pro-democracy” demonstrators continue to pack the streets of Hong Kong in the thousands, defying local police who have fired tear gas to disperse... - in the news | September 29, 2014 | Open Markets
Literary Lions Unite in Protest Over Amazon’s E-Book Tactics
The letter to the Justice Department is being written by Barry C. Lynn, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation and author of “Cornered: The ... - in the news | September 29, 2014 | Fellows
Democrats heading for 2016 clash over world dangers
A number of foreign-policy agendas have taken shape among the Democrats, and all are likely to be part of the debate in the primary season. - in the news | September 29, 2014 | Open Markets
Authors unite against Amazon
On Monday, The New York Times reported that the group will also lobby the Department of Justice to investigate Amazon for illegal monopoly tactics.... - in the news | September 28, 2014 | International Security
Taliban close in on town where 106 Britons died
Now fears are growing that the town in Helmand province could soon fall again to the insurgents, who have taken advantage of the months of politica... - in the news | September 27, 2014 | Fellows
The Gender-Pay Gap: It’s Real, and Yes, It’s Sexism
Monica PottsOne big but little appreciated reason for our rampant inequality: Half the workforce is routinely treated with grotesque unfairness. - in the news | September 26, 2014 | Fellows
The Simpsons Go To China
Hua HsuAmerica will continue to be the world’s image factory, but this is an era of codependency. In order to function smoothly, Americans will have to lo... - in the news | September 26, 2014 | International Security
On web: Islamic Spring vs ISIS?
The gruesome images circulated by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria might have grabbed the headlines in recent weeks, but the group is merely the... - in the news | September 25, 2014 | Future of War
Are the airstrikes working?
The Pentagon says the al Qaeda offshoot group called Khorasan was planning an imminent attack on European or American soil. But did the airstrikes ... - in the news | September 25, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
Panel: Building for Inclusive Community Participation
Code for America Summit 2014 - in the news | September 25, 2014 | International Security
Who are the top international-relations specialists?
Surprise! Scholars have a very different view than policymakers do. - in the news | September 25, 2014 | Open Technology Institute
Building for Inclusive Community Participation: Meeting Residents Where They Are
Code for America Summit 2014 - in the news | September 24, 2014 | International Security
Expanding the conversation on Israel/Palestine
Expanding the conversation on Israel/Palestine. - in the news | September 24, 2014 | Education Policy
Stop Scapegoating Teach for America
Teach for America has been getting a lot of flak over its training methods—but the real scandal is that kids with five weeks of prep perform as wel... - in the news | September 24, 2014 | International Security
War without end: The U.S. may still be fighting in Syria in 2024, 2034, 2044 . . .
National security reporter Thomas E. Ricks, a man not subject to confusion, can’t decide whether to call the latest hostilities a new installment o... - in the news | September 23, 2014 | Future of War
Lone wolves are biggest terror threat
While al Qaeda and its affiliates have failed to conduct any successful attacks in the United States since 9/11, they have sought to encourage acti... - in the news | September 23, 2014 | Future of War
2014 Jihadist Terrorism and Other Unconventional Threats
While the core al-Qaeda group that struck the United States on 9/11 has been decimated in recent years, its affiliates and associated groups have d... - in the news | September 23, 2014 | International Security
Are Weaponized 'Crab Walker' Robots The Future Of Chinese Land Wars?
Peter Warren Singer*Robotics designers in the US have long gotten their inspiration from both science fiction and biology, and Chinese engineers are no different, mos...