In The News
- in the news | December 09, 2014 | Future of War
Why hostage rescues fail
David Sterman Peter BerganSome of the successful recent hostage rescues such as the operations that freed Buchanan and Thisted, Phillips, and Hallums were operations to free... - in the news | December 09, 2014 | Fellows International Security
Nuclear Negotiations, Scientific Literacy, and U.S.-India Relations
The role of scientific literacy in the nuclear negotiations with India manifested itself in three distinct manners: the science that directly infor... - in the news | December 09, 2014 | Future of War
Offset this! China's hypersonic glider flies for the third time this year.
Peter Warren SingerIt's been a fast year for Chinese hypersonic technology. The WU-14 hypersonic glider vehicle (HGV) flew for a third time on December 2, 2014. The t... - in the news | December 09, 2014 | Future of War
War of the Words
If the government wants to protect infrastructure from cyberthreats, it needs to figure out what’s “super critical” and what’s just “critical.”
But the problem with these attempts to prioritize critical infrastructure sectors is that these terms are applied inconsistently, and there seems t... - in the news | December 08, 2014 | International Security
Should U.S. Change Its Policies For Hostage Situations?
Shane Harris joins MSNBC's The Reid Report to discuss the failed Special Forces attempt to rescue an American hostage held by al Qaeda and U.S. pol... - in the news | December 08, 2014 | International Security
Uruguay just took 6 Guantanamo detainees. Who will take the rest?
“While the transfer to Uruguay may prompt some other South American countries to take in released Guantanamo detainees, it really is too difficult ... - in the news | December 07, 2014 | International Security
How the ISIS war looks from Baghdad
Douglas OllivantOllivant, who recently returned from a visit to Baghdad surveying the military and political situation, sat down with me to talk about what he saw.... - in the news | December 05, 2014 | International Security
Federal News Countdown: A wonk in the Pentagon, ISIS threat
Guests on the Federal News Countdown: Sharon Burke, senior adviser, International Security Program, New America Steve Bucci, director, Douglas and ... - in the news | December 05, 2014 | International Security
In and Out of Time in Iraq
Tom RicksIn the spring of 2004, there simultaneously was a Shiite uprising on one side of Baghdad and a Sunni one west of the city, in Fallujah. Yet, the Am... - in the news | December 05, 2014 | Future of War
Why Ashton Carter won’t go against the White House
Douglas OllivantPresident Obama nominated Ashton Carter as Defense Secretary on Friday. NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski reports on Carter’s defense background. Then, Ret. A... - in the news | December 04, 2014 | Future of War
Sony Hack Attack: Cybersecurity Expert Reveals How Massive Breach Might Have Happened
Peter Warren SingerPeter W. Singer, former director of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence and the author of ”Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Every... - in the news | December 03, 2014 | Future Tense
When Superiority goes wrong: Science ficiton and offset strategies
Peter Warren Singer*The New America Foundation recently hosted a daylong conference, headlined by Neal Stephenson, that sought to re-focus science fiction on providin... - in the news | December 01, 2014 | Future of War
War contractors ready for battle against Islamic State
Peter Warren SingerDuring the height of the U.S. military “surge” in Iraq in 2007, more than 180,000 private contractors were stationed throughout the region, accordi... -
Shane Harris’ ‘@War’ details rising military-Internet link
The U.S. military and intelligence community, Harris reports, were slow to join the cyberarms race but are now muscling up apace, only modestly slo... - in the news | November 29, 2014 | International Security
Baghdad’s Jewish co-founder & Egypt’s Christian Prime Ministers. The Islamic legacy that ISIS hates
ISIS does not want those stories to be told. It claims to be recreating the caliphate through bloodshed and persecution, not learning and tolerance... - in the news | November 29, 2014 | International Security
New gains seen as Iraqi army pushes back against Islamic State fighters
Douglas OllivantJust a few months ago, some U.S. officials worried that ISIS could be in a position to overtake Baghdad. But now there are new signs of confidence ... - in the news | November 28, 2014 | International Security
National Security Babies
If young children do not receive high-quality care from educated professionals who understand how to stimulate and shape brain development, the nex... -
Stanton graduate saw military policy made in D.C., then up close as Green Beret in Afghanistan
“I had no moral objection to the invasion of Iraq,” said, Waltz.“My objection to the invasion was the timing,” he said. “Our job was far from finis... -
Diffused Congruence Podcast: Serial's Rabia Chaudry
For this episode, Parvez and I are joined by Rabia Chaudry, an attorney and civil rights activist who is a family friend of Syed's and first brough... -
Tracing the disappearing religions of the Middle East
The collapse of nationalist and other secular political movements, like “Arab socialism”, along with the lack of moral authority among state instit... - in the news | November 26, 2014 | International Security
Terrorism laws: 'legal basis' needed for social media companies
How much responsibility should social media companies have for fighting terrorism? Facebook is particularly in the spotlight after it emerged one o...