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June 5, 2013

Defense and Security
Hello, Susan Rice: National Security Adviser

When one door closes another one opens. Susan Rice can certainly vouch for that pithy piece of advice. Early last fall the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations looked to be a shoe-in to succeed Hill…

U.S. ambassador to the UN Susan Rice speaks in the Rose Garden after Obama's announcement that Rice will be his next national security adviser (Joshua Roberts/Courtesy Reuters).

June 8, 2012

United States
A Brief History of National Security Leaks

In today’s White House press briefing, President Obama responded to claims that his administration permitted the unauthorized leaking of classified information, particularly regarding U.S. targeted k…

Obama briefing room

August 15, 2019

Election 2020
Meet Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Presidential Candidate

Update: Elizabeth Warren announced on March 5, 2020, that she was ending her campaign. As politicians, Ronald Reagan and Elizabeth Warren are opposites. He wanted to unleash the power of the marke…

Elizabeth Warren

February 19, 2013

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Guest Post: A Framework for Incarcerating Terrorists

Melanie Getreuer is a PhD Candidate in Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she is writing a dissertation about the global use of criminal justice systems to counter terror…

Prison