In The News
- in the news | September 12, 2014 | International Security
When Is a War Not a War?
Walter Russel Meadhttp://online.wsj.com/articles/when-is-a-war-not-a-war-1410551228 - in the news | September 11, 2014 | International Security
GOP lawmakers call for ground troops vs. ISIS
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/gop-lawmakers-call-for-ground-troops-vs.-isis-328310339996 - in the news | September 10, 2014 | International Security
The New Inflatable Chinese Drone: Battlefield Balloons?
Peter Warren SingerWhile Chinese industry is often accused of copy-catting and IP theft, its robotics research has often showed great originality. Case in point, at t... - in the news | September 08, 2014 | Future of War
The War Of Zeros And Ones
Peter Warren SingerThe security failure wasn’t because all Syrian radar officers turned traitor that night. Rather, their technology did. - in the news | September 05, 2014 | International Security
ISIS threat to U.S. mostly hype
ISIS has Americans worried.But are such fears really justified? Despite the impression you may have had from listening to U.S. officials in recent ... - in the news | September 05, 2014 | International Security
What's the hot national security phrase of this week? Seems to be 'potential threat'
Matthew Olsen, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, repeatedly used one phrase to describe the likelihood of Islamic State attacks... -
Welcome to the Future of War project!
Alan B. Davidson Anne-Marie Slaughter Michael Lind Peter Bergen Peter Warren Singer Sascha Meinrath Tim MaurerEarlier this week, Arizona State University and the New America Foundation announced a joint project, the Future of War. The project combines the i... - in the news | September 05, 2014 | International Security
"Da Gou", China's Own Big Dog Robot
Peter Warren SingerAt a late August expo on unmanned technologies, NORINCO provided the first official look at a Chinese quadruped robot, officially named Mountainous... - in the news | September 04, 2014 | International Security
- in the news | September 02, 2014 | International Security
Biggest "Anti-Terrorist" Exercise In The World Stars Chinese Drones, Russian Troops And A Ukraine-Inspired Wargame
Peter Warren SingerThis year's Peace Mission 2014 is the largest of the annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) "anti-terrorist" military exercise to date. - in the news | September 02, 2014 | International Security
How should the U.S. respond to Steven Sotloff’s killing?
Anne-Marie Slaughter Douglas OllivantFor reaction, Judy Woodruff talks to Charles Sennott of The GroundTruth Project. Then, former National Security Council staff Lt. Col. Douglas Olli... - in the news | August 31, 2014 | International Security
The man who hunted bin Laden, Saddam, and the Pirates
"Revered" is the word you often hear about McRaven in the special operations community. - in the news | August 29, 2014 | International Security
An Americans gateway to jihad
On Wednesday, a propaganda video appeared on the Internet featuring Moner Abu-Salha, the U.S. citizen from Florida who died conducting a suicide bo... - in the news | August 29, 2014 | International Security
When Americans leave for jihad
McCain is the first American known to have been killed while fighting for ISIS. But he is not the only American drawn to the group or to al Qaeda's... - in the news | August 28, 2014 | International Security
Turning Protesters into Terrorists
Are political protestors terrorists? Under a new law in Pakistan, police there might start treating them that way. That has major implications for ... - in the news | August 28, 2014 | International Security
US History In Mideast Hampers Hopes
“I think the U.S. will likely use FSA fighters on the ground but I don’t think that they will be enough to do the necessary ground battle,” said Le... - in the news | August 25, 2014 | Future of War
Now ISIS has drones?
But this video had something else in it that previous videos released by ISIS have not: Surveillance footage apparently shot by a drone. - in the news | August 25, 2014 | International Security
No end in sight
New AmericaDouglas Ollivant, a senior national security studies fellow at the New America Foundation, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington to discuss the si... - in the news | August 22, 2014 | Future of War
Should Western nations just pay ISIS ransom?
The first uncomfortable fact is that if you pay a ransom a hostage is more likely to be released. The other is that every time a ransom is paid it ... - in the news | August 20, 2014 | International Security
ISIS: Is it really a threat to the U.S.?
U.S. officials are claiming that the terrorist group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, is "now a credible alternative to al Qaeda." But wha... -
Barack Obama’s Mixed Messages | Politico
New AmericaThere’s a huge difference,” said Douglas Ollivant, a senior national security fellow with the New America Foundation. “No one is concerned about th... -
Islamic State Militants Said to Challenge Al-Qaeda for Jihadi Leadership | Bloomberg
New AmericaBrian Fishman: “Since the late ’90s, al-Qaeda has been focused on prioritizing attacks against the U.S.” while the upstart Islamic State and its pr...