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February 20, 2016

Defense and Security
Evaluating Michael Hayden’s Defense of CIA Drone Strikes

Former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Gen. Michael Hayden has an op-ed in today’s New York Times: “To Keep America Safe, Embrace Drone Warfare.” The two-thousand-word piece provide…

Drone Dec 2015_edited
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

February 22, 2023

Nigeria
What’s at Stake in Nigeria’s General Elections?

[Voters in Africa’s most populous country and largest economy cast ballots for a new leader in the Feb. 25 Nigerian general elections. Here are answers to some essential questions about the vote]

A man walks by a wall of election campaign posters in Nigeria.
Blog Post by Ebenezer Obadare Africa in Transition

July 15, 2020

South Korea
Remembering General Paik Sun-yup

Without Paik’s herculean effort, South Korea as we know it today—a vibrant, capitalist, and liberal democracy—wouldn’t exist.

General Paik Sun-yup, 1950
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

December 11, 2020

Transition 2021
Transition 2021: Should a Retired General Be Secretary of Defense?

Each Friday, I look at what is happening in President-Elect Joe Biden’s transition to the White House. This week: Biden’s nomination of General Lloyd Austin to be secretary of defense raises question…

Retired General Lloyd Austin speaks at a podium as President-Elect Joe Biden sits behind him.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

December 3, 2019

Election 2020
Meet Michael Bloomberg, Democratic Presidential Candidate

Update: Michael Bloomberg announced on March 4, 2020, that he was ending his campaign. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg seems to be taking the advice of John Maynard Keynes. The legendary e…

Michael Bloomberg
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge