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December 22, 2012

United States
You Might Have Missed: Drones, Leaving Afghanistan, and Iran

DOD Decision Makers Need Additional Analyses to Determine Costs and Benefits of Returning Excess Equipment, Government Accountability Office, December 19, 2012. In June 2011, the United States annou…

Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

March 7, 2014

Defense and Security
You Might Have Missed: Cyberattacks, Asia Pivot, and the U.S. Military and Human Rights

Zachary Fryer-Biggs, “DoD Official: Asia Pivot ‘Can’t Happen’ Due to Budget Processes,” Defense News, March 4, 2014. “Right now, the pivot is being looked at again, because candidly it can’t happen,…

Russia in Crimea March 1
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

August 29, 2012

United States
Republican Foreign Policy Puzzles

If you are interested in foreign policy issues—or believe the inherent powers of national security decision-making vested in the executive branch requires a president who can successfully fulfill the…

Mitt Romney
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action

April 8, 2011

Defense and Security
Friday File: Who Will Succeed Bob Gates as Secretary of Defense?

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Admiral Mike Mullen enter the auditorium before Oabma's speech about the conflict in Libya at the National Defense University on March 28, 2011. (Larry Down…

U.S. Secretary of Defense Gates and Admiral Mullen enter the auditorium before Oabma’s speech about the conflict in Libya at the National Defense University on March 28, 2011.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

November 2, 2012

Defense and Security
What Was That Drone Doing in Benghazi?

Adam Entous, Siobhan Gorman, and Margaret Coker, “CIA Takes Heat for Role in Libya,” Wall Street Journal, November 2, 2012. At 5:41 p.m. Eastern time, Mrs. Clinton called Mr. Petraeus. She wanted to…

Benghazi attack 11-2-2012
Blog Post by Micah Zenko Politics, Power, and Preventive Action