The Sidebar: Top Picks
Emily Parker, Colonel Thomas Lynch, and Brian Fishman weigh in on Obama's picks for top national security and foreign policy posts. Elizabeth Weingarten hosts.
View ArticleAbandon Afghanistan? A Dumb Idea
January 10, 2013Peter BergenJanuary 10, 2013Afghan President Hamid Karzai will meet with President Barack Obama on Friday to discuss the post-2014 American presence in Afghanistan.The U.S. military has...
View Article‘Disturbing’ &‘Misleading'
January 14, 2013Steve CollJanuary 14, 2013It is not unusual for filmmakers to try to inject authenticity into a movie’s first frames by flashing onscreen words such as “based on real events.” Yet the...
View ArticleThank You, Hollywood, For the Bumbling Spies
January 14, 2013 Depicting the fallability of intelligence enables us to deal with reality. Jennifer RowlandJanuary 14, 2013First, the bad news. That debonair, whip-smart, multilingual,...
View ArticleAlgeria Attack Represents al Qaeda’s Dying Gasp
January 25, 2013 Ex–CIA official Philip Mudd on why Algeria’s terrorist attack shows a jihadist movement on the wane. Philip MuddJanuary 25, 2013We have seen this story of bloodthirsty extremist...
View ArticleForeign Policy and US Elections
September 30, 2012Shamila ChaudharySeptember 30, 2012CAMPAIGN season in the United States is in full swing, with the presidential election scheduled to take place within one month’s time.Early voting...
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Enhancing India-Pakistan Trade
January 29, 2013 Nisha Taneja, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi The trade normalization process between India and Pakistan will undoubtedly open new...
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India-Pakistan Trade Relations
A New Beginning January 29, 2013 Mohsin Khan, Senior Fellow, Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, Atlantic Council One of the more significant recent economic developments in South Asia was the...
View ArticleThe Sidebar: The Law of Drones and Relaxation
Rosa Brooks scrutinizes the leaked Justice Department memo that aims to provide legal rationale for the administration's drone program. Brigid Schulte introduces us to surprising research on how to be...
View ArticleThe Sidebar: The Key to Sanctions and America's Wealth Gulf
Reniqua Allen and Hannah Emple explain how and why America's racial wealth gap became a gulf. Tara Maller reveals what makes sanctions a success - or failure - and what she expects from the ones...
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The Conflict in Syria
An Assessment of U.S. Strategic Interests March 19, 2013Brian Fishman Radha Iyengar, RAND Corp. Click here to download the full report. This paper concludes that the most likely medium-run end state...
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After the Withdrawal
The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan Author(s): Peter BergenMarch 21, 2013This past Saturday, March 16, 2013 marked an extraordinary moment in Pakistan’s history, as this is the first time that...
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Drone Wars
The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of Targeted Killing Author(s): Peter BergenApril 24, 2013The CIA drone program began quietly under President George W. Bush with one strike in...
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How Many Guantanamo Detainees "Return to the Battlefield"?
Author(s): Peter BergenBailey CahallMay 7, 2013As of May 7, 2013, 603 Guantanamo prisoners have been released or transferred abroad. Of those 603 we have identified 53 who are either confirmed to be or...
View ArticleWill A New Policy Help Iranian Citizens Lift the "Electronic Curtain"?
In the past, it’s been difficult for Iranian activists to access critical communications tools – but not because of the Iranian regime. Instead, it was due (at least in part) to confusing sanctions...
View ArticleThe Real Risk of Cyber Warfare
This week, the New York Times published allegations tying the Chinese military to hacking against the United States. The coverage is the latest of a series of articles exposing governmental hacking...
View ArticleWorking Together to Limit Cyber-Danger
To address cyber-threats, nations need to work together to draw up rules that protect us from two kinds of harm: aggressive states and non-state actors using the Internet for malicious purposes. At...
View ArticleCreating "Red Phones" for Cyberspace
Remember the “red telephone” that metaphorically connected the Oval Office and the Kremlin during the Cold War? It was part of a broader effort to build trust by facilitating information sharing and...
View ArticleBoots on the Ground or Robots in the Sky
January 22, 2014 The Future of War Project Offers a Look at the Changing Face of Warfare Evelyn CrundenJanuary 22, 2014URL:...
View ArticleTRANSCRIPT: The Islamic State: A Persistent Threat
Author(s): Brian FishmanJuly 29, 2014 Though the challenges to American interests in the Middle East could hardly be more complex or interrelated, I will attempt to focus sharply on the danger posed by...
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