In The News
- in the news | January 16, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
Why President Obama’s Plan Just Might Fix the Internet
New AmericaThe Open Technology Institute’s most recent Cost of Connectivity report summarized its findings like this: “The data that we have collected in the ... - in the news | January 15, 2015 | International Security
Is Egypt a rising tiger on the Nile?
As the global investor community circles, Egypt has once again become a part of the emerging markets conversation. The real test will be how that f... - in the news | January 15, 2015 | Future of War
Spare a Thought for Those Who Are Not Charlie
If you want to be mourned by millions of marchers and eulogized by dozens of reverential world leaders, apparently you need to be Charlie Hebdo — a... - in the news | January 15, 2015 | International Security
Did Obama's inaction in Yemen lead to Paris?
Four months later, that strategy is on pause — and its success in doubt.Since mid-September, the U.S. has conducted just three drone strikes in Yem... - in the news | January 15, 2015 | International Security
Satellite images show growing danger of Boko Haram
Nigerian villages destroyed, hundreds killed - in the news | January 15, 2015 | International Security
How to prevent another Paris? Experts debate issues that divide, unite
Should we be optimistic or pessimistic about whether attacks like the one in Paris can be prevented in the future? CNN hosted an email discussion f... - in the news | January 14, 2015 | Fellows
Real Change Comes From Outside Washington
I hope that readers enjoy this story and that the history encourages them to think about the ways in which citizens--rather than a new president or... - in the news | January 14, 2015 | Fellows
Julian Zelizer On Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society'
Julian E. Zelizer's new book "The Fierce Urgency Of Now" explores the presidential achievements of Lyndon Baines Johnson. From civil rights to immi... - in the news | January 14, 2015 | International Security
Gerard Russell on the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East
“It’s just useful when we see today the narrative of conflict to remember that it was actually possible for faiths to coexist quite remarkably,” sa... - in the news | January 14, 2015 | Future Tense
Too Hot to Connect
Are our Internet providers putting sufficient effort into network resiliency in the face of climate change? Comcast could not comment and Verizon d... - in the news | January 14, 2015 | Fellows
Words From the Past Illuminate a Station on the Way to Freedom
“This book is a capstone,” said Matthew Pinsker, a historian at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa., who will be teaching it to K-12 educators at a ... - in the news | January 14, 2015 | Fellows
With The Nightly Show, Larry Wilmore Has His Own Brand of Politics to Prosecute
Hua HsuThe Nightly Show’s conceit is fairly simple: It’s a news show from the perspective of the underrepresented. Besides Wilmore’s monologues, there wi... - in the news | January 14, 2015 | International Security
Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East
Gerard Russell shows in his new book Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms that this tradition can in fact be driven back much further to early roots in Baby... - in the news | January 14, 2015 | International Security
The Fate of Foreign Fighters Returning from Syria and Iraq
Richard BarettForeign fighters are travelling to Syria and Iraq on an ‘unprecedented scale’ according to a recent United Nations report, which finds that 15,000 ... - in the news | January 14, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
Big Cable, Obama spar over government-run broadband networks
“The President is right: we need to invest in high-speed broadband networks to help ensure that all Americans have affordable, quality Internet opt... - in the news | January 14, 2015 | Future of War
The Future of Terrorism According to VICE
Peter Warren SingerWhether it is the advancement of and availability of cheap drones to the ease of carrying out a cyberattack, future terrorists will find it easier ... - in the news | January 14, 2015 | Future of War
Barack Obama places cyber security high on his agenda
Peter Warren SingerPeter Singer from the New America Foundation agrees with the White House that it wasn't a serious breach, but he says it was a minor propaganda vic... - in the news | January 13, 2015 | Fellows
“That’s just not true”: What “Selma” and the establishment get wrong about LBJ
Salon recently spoke with Zelizer over the phone. We touched on what people misunderstand about Johnson, the politics of the 1960s, and the reason ... - in the news | January 13, 2015 | International Security
Does Islam fuel terrorism?
Salafism is an ultrafundmentalist branch of Islam that is particularly prevalent in Saudi Arabia. Salafism is intolerant of what its adherents cons... - in the news | January 13, 2015 | Future of War
It Doesn’t Really Matter if ISIS Sympathizers Hacked Central Command’s Twitter
Peter Warren SingerAnother indicator was the account cover image being changed to the text “i love you isis.” ISIS is group that tends not to call itself by that acro... - in the news | January 13, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
The Fallout From the NSA's Backdoors Mandate
It's difficult to establish an exact dollar amount, but "experts have estimated that losses to the U.S. cloud industry alone could reach (US)$180 b... - in the news | January 13, 2015 | Open Technology Institute
White House promises new cyber proposal addresses privacy
“The administration’s proposal fails to effectively cement DHS’s control over the information sharing program,” said Robyn Greene, policy counsel o...