In The News
- in the news | September 23, 2014 | International Security
With Hezbollah and U.S. airstrikes in Syria, are we on the verge of a big Mideast war? Is this the end of Ottoman history?
The U.S. involvement in Syria is big news, but the Hezbollah strikes, conducted by armed drones, may be more historically significant. -
The Hidden Costs of Cyber Espionage
Intelligence agencies around the world are racing to increase their information-gathering and monitoring capabilities, ostensibly in an effort to p... - in the news | September 23, 2014 | International Security
Assessing Terrorism Threats
Tara Maller & Buck Sexton with Megyn Kelly on The Kelly File talking assessing terrorism threats. - in the news | September 23, 2014 | International Security
- in the news | September 22, 2014 | Future of War
Hezbollah armed drone? Militants' new weapon
Over this past weekend, Hezbollah, the militant Shiite group that is headquartered in Lebanon, reportedly used drones to bomb a building used by th... - in the news | September 22, 2014 | Fellows
- in the news | September 22, 2014 | International Security
When everyone else gets as much data as we do, how will we prevail in combat?
In the future everyone will be data-rich, my New America colleague Sascha Meinrath said over his lunch of baked salmon last week. So, he figures, t... - in the news | September 21, 2014 | International Security
Afghanistan Presidential Rivals Approve a Power-Sharing Government
This unity deal comes after months of turmoil over a disputed election that destabilized the nation. This is at a crucial time when most foreign tr... - in the news | September 21, 2014 | International Security
Afghanistan's Unity Deal is Important for Progress in the Country
For more insight of Afghanistan's unity deal, we spoke with Faiysal AliKhan, a policy analyst and fellow with the New America Foundation. - in the news | September 21, 2014 | International Security
Afghan Power-Sharing Deal
New America Foundation's Faiysal AliKhan discusses the new deal that named former World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani president. - in the news | September 19, 2014 | Breadwinning & Caregiving
Sad Dads in the Empty Nest
The empty-nest transition is harder on fathers than conventional wisdom might have us believe. Men’s experience of this life passage has changed dr... - in the news | September 18, 2014 | Fellows
The U.S. Is Losing a Generation to Poverty
Monica PottsOK, the official poverty rate declined this week. But it’s worth remembering that millions who aren’t officially in poverty are still poor. - in the news | September 18, 2014 | International Security
SY-400 Guided Rocket Makes TV Debut
Peter Warren SingerIn early September, a CCTV-4 newscast announced that the PLA had a new "Heavy Sword on Land, China's Tactical Ground to Ground Missile System." - in the news | September 17, 2014 | Fellows
UN Leader Plans Stronger Presence in Ebola Zone
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/18/world/africa/ebola-world-bank-west-africa-economy.html - in the news | September 17, 2014 | Fellows
National Book Awards Nominees, Nonfiction
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/national-book-awards-nonfiction/ - in the news | September 17, 2014 | International Security
Pterodactyl Drones In Chinese Air Force Service
Peter Warren SingerRecently, photos have appeared of an active duty Pterodactyl UAV being towed into take off position in the PLAAF 38th Division. This photo set is b... - in the news | September 17, 2014 | Fellows
Made in America, Again
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/10/made-in-america-again/379343/ - in the news | September 17, 2014 | Fellows
Europe's Jewish Problem
Yascha Mounkhttp://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141990/yascha-mounk/europes-jewish-problem - in the news | September 16, 2014 | Future of War
The British connection to ISIS beheadings
It is a real crisis for Cameron, and it underlines a sobering fact: British citizens have volunteered to go to Syria to fight at 25 times the rate ... - in the news | September 16, 2014 | Fellows
Obama Presses Leaders to Speed Ebola Response
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/world/africa/obama-urges-world-powers-to-bolster-ebola-response.html - in the news | September 16, 2014 | Education Policy
Front-Row View of Ed Conversation Can Be Pretty Ugly
http://educationpost.org/front-row-view-of-ed-conversation-can-be-pretty-ugly/#.VBh0wPldWSq - in the news | September 16, 2014 | Education Policy
Campbell Brown Is Getting The Same Treatment Michelle Rhee Got
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/campbell-brown-is-getting-the-same-treatment-michelle-rhee-got