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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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February 8, 2013
United States
You Might Have Missed: Drone Strikes, Civilian Casualties, and John Brennan
Dianne Feinstein, Opening Remarks at the Senate Intelligence Committee Confirmation Hearing for John Brennan, February 7, 2013. I’ve… been attempting to speak publicly about the very low number of c…
October 18, 2013
Military Operations
You Might Have Missed: Drone Strikes, the CIA, and Polls on Syria and Iran
“Drop the Pilot,” Economist, October 19, 2013. A 2009 poll in three of the tribal agencies found 52% of respondents believed drone strikes were accurate and 60% said they weakened militant groups. O…
January 21, 2016
Education
Visa Overstays: A Footnote on What Congress Can Do
Judging from the reaction to this week’s release of the first DHS report on the number of foreign travelers overstaying their visas, one would think this was fresh and damning evidence for critics wh…
July 17, 2012
Infrastructure
Reviving the Economy of America's Small Towns: Is It Possible?
DAVIS, WV -- Can American small towns be revived? And is this something governments should even try to be doing? I’ve been pondering these questions on a brief working escape from this year’s especia…
April 22, 2015
Cybersecurity
Five Quick Takeaways From the First Two Days of the RSA Conference
The madness that is the RSA Conference is well underway. Here are five quick takeaways from the first day and a half: 1. We may be in San Francisco, but the center of the cybersecurity world is Wash…
