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April 1, 2008
Maj. Gen. William T. Lord, Commander, Air Force Cyberspace Command interviewed by Greg Bruno, Staff Writer
Interview
The U.S.Air Force is standing up a dedicated command to coordinate offensive and defensive cyber strategy within the Pentagon.
See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security
August 21, 2007
| Author: | Joshua Davis |
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Must Read
Wired's Joshua Davis reports on a rogue computer network that crashed Estonia's Internet, launching what he calls Web War I.
See more in Europe/Russia, Northern Europe, Technology and Foreign Policy
February 27, 2008
| Author: | Greg Bruno, Staff Writer |
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Backgrounder
Foreign governments, non-state actors, and criminal networks are increasingly targeting the computerized infrastructures of Western powers, leading some experts to predict a new era of cyber-based warfare.
See more in United States, Intelligence, Wars and Warfare, Technology and Foreign Policy
February 18, 2008
| Author: | Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and Environment |
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Op-Ed
SEED Magazine
Michael A. Levi argues that “too many scientists today wrongly assume that a lack of information is the biggest barrier facing terrorists or countries that might build nuclear bombs, and they overstate the risks involved in sharing information as a result.”
See more in United States, Biotechnology, Weapons of Mass Destruction
November 20, 2007
Jacques S. Gansler, Chairman of the Gansler Commission on U.S. Army Contracting, former Undersecretary of Defense. interviewed by Greg Bruno, Staff Writer, CFR.org
Interview
The head of an independent commission investigating U.S. Army contracting practices tells CFR.org that inexperience, overwork, and neglect are creating opportunities for massive fraud.
See more in United States, Defense Policy & Budget
November 7, 2007
| Author: | Greg Bruno, Staff Writer |
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Backgrounder
While the American public focuses on bringing U.S. forces home from Iraq and Afghanistan, defense planners in Washington consider what to do with them when they get back.
See more in Iraq, Defense Policy & Budget, Defense/Homeland Security
September 26, 2007
| Author: | Eben Kaplan, Associate Editor |
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Podcast
Dennis Treece, Massachusetts Port Authority's director of coprporate security, discusses his efforts to harness technological innovation help improve security at air and sea ports.
See more in United States, Homeland Security
September 19, 2007
John M. Yates, U.S. Special Envoy to Somalia interviewed by Stephanie Hanson, News Editor
Interview
Ambassador John M. Yates, U.S. special envoy to Somalia, says the security situation remains dismal in Mogadishu and the Somali people lack confidence in the Transitional Federal Government.
See more in Somalia, Conflict Assessment, U.S. Strategy and Politics
August 23, 2007
Daily Analysis
The Democratic-led Congress entered the summer recess aiming to force Republicans into accepting a withdrawal timetable from Iraq. But military gains may be prompting a strategy shift.
See more in United States, Iraq, Defense/Homeland Security, International Peace and Security
August 1, 2007
Daily Analysis
The Bush administration wants to replace aging strategic nuclear warheads with a new, more reliable generation. Others see more pressing priorities for U.S. defense dollars.
See more in Defense/Homeland Security, Defense Policy & Budget, Proliferation
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Iraq War (5/13): Max Boot analyzes the habit of U.S. generals passing the buck when it comes to the failures in Iraq, in the Washington Post.
Burma (5/13): Ivo Daalder and Paul Stares argue that the United Nations must invoke its “responsibility to protect” clause and intervene in Burma, in the Boston Globe.
Mideast (5/13): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. to focus its efforts on restoring Israeli-Syrian negotiations, in Newsweek.
U.S. Presidential Election (5/9): Michael Gerson looks at the sticking points of the “Obama narrative,” in the Washington Post.
Iraq (5/8): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. and Iraqi governments not to exclude Muqtada al-Sadr from the political process, in The National.
Campaign 2008 (5/5): It would be a travesty if Obama’s campaign gets knocked off course because of his former preacher, writes Sebastian Mallaby in the Washington Post.
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
In Regional Monetary Integration, Peter B. Kenen poses an important question: Should various country groups follow the lead of the European Monetary Union and form similar full-fledged monetary unions?
Walter Russell Mead recounts the story of the centuries-long rivalry between the English- speaking peoples and their enemies in God and Gold.
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