Micah Zenko

Fellow for Conflict Prevention

Expertise

Conflict prevention; U.S. national security policy; military planning and operations; nuclear weapons policy

Programs

Center for Preventive Action

Press/Panels

Article

How Twitter Mapped a ‘Covert’ U.S. Drone Operation in Yemen

May 18, 2012

Video Interview

Don’t Watch This Video!

May 17, 2012

Article

Obama's Flawed Yemen Strategy

May 16, 2012

Video Interview

Foreign Affairs Focus On: Threat Inflation with Micah Zenko

May 09, 2012

Article

The Hunt For Bin Laden: What Exactly Did Obama Do?

May 03, 2012

Article

U.S. Drones Can Now Kill Joe Schmoe Militants in Yemen

Apr 26, 2012

Article

You Can Stop Being Scared Now

Apr 22, 2012

Article

Fear Itself: Americans Believe Iran Threat on Par With 1980s Soviet Union

Apr 19, 2012

Article

Clear and Present Safety?

Apr 11, 2012

Article

Drones and the False Allure of Impunity

Apr 11, 2012

Article

A Primer on Domestic Drones

Apr 10, 2012

Article

Should Women Get PhDs in International Relations?

Mar 11, 2012

Article

Are Surprise Attacks a Thing of the Past?

Mar 08, 2012

Article

The Case for Letting Iran (Almost) Build a Bomb

Feb 29, 2012

Article

Why We Exaggerate Dangers

Feb 27, 2012

Article

Chill Out, America

Feb 23, 2012

Article

America is Really, Really Secure

Feb 23, 2012

Article

In Din Over Iran, Rattling Sabers Echo

Feb 22, 2012

Article

Somalia: A Bullet-Riddled History

Feb 22, 2012

Article

Militants and Civilians Killed in Multiple U.S.-Somalia Strikes

Feb 22, 2012

Panel

Debating U.S. Options in Syria

Feb 21, 2012

Article

As Wars Wind Down, What Are U.S. Security Needs?

Feb 15, 2012

Radio Interview

Not So Secret: U.S. Drones

Jan 31, 2012

Article

Should the State Department Outsource Drone Operations to Private Contractors?

Jan 30, 2012

Article

What's New in the Latest Speculation Over Israel Attacking Iran

Jan 25, 2012

Article

U.S. Rescues Iranian Hostages, With Good Timing

Jan 08, 2012

Article

U.S. Easing Out of Nation-Building Business

Nov 24, 2011

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58 East 68th Street
New York, New York 10065

Media Bio

CFR Fellow for Conflict Prevention in the Center for Preventive Action.

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+1.212.434.9845

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