The Sidebar: Osama Revisited and Internet Indecision
Peter Bergen discusses how the new movie "Zero Dark Thirty" stacks up to the real account of how Osama bin Laden was captured and killed. Rebecca MacKinnon provides post-game analysis of the Internet...
View ArticleHagel: A New Era In Foreign Policy?
January 7, 2013Peter BeinartJanuary 7, 2013If media reports are true, Barack Obama will soon nominate Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense. If so, it may prove the most consequential foreign-policy...
View ArticleJohn Brennan, Obama's Drone Warrior
January 7, 2013Peter BergenJanuary 7, 2013President Barack Obama has nominated his top counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, to be the next director of the CIA.If there is an emerging Obama doctrine...
View ArticleNo Girls Allowed
January 9, 2013 Why the Obama administration needs hormone therapy. Rosa BrooksJanuary 9, 2013Oh, boy.Or maybe I should say: Oh, boys!Because here we go again! As a female columnist at Foreign Policy,...
View Article‘Disturbing’ &‘Misleading'
January 14, 2013Steve CollJanuary 14, 2013It is not unusual for filmmakers to try to inject authenticity into a movie’s first frames by flashing onscreen words such as “based on real events.” Yet the...
View ArticleThank You, Hollywood, For the Bumbling Spies
January 14, 2013 Depicting the fallability of intelligence enables us to deal with reality. Jennifer RowlandJanuary 14, 2013First, the bad news. That debonair, whip-smart, multilingual,...
View ArticleThe Sidebar: Dispatch from Syria and Spy Doctors
Barak Barfi reports on the real state of the Syrian Civil War after returning from a recent trip to the country, and Charles Kenny explains why mixing public health campaigns with covert operations is...
View ArticleAlgeria Attack Represents al Qaeda’s Dying Gasp
January 25, 2013 Ex–CIA official Philip Mudd on why Algeria’s terrorist attack shows a jihadist movement on the wane. Philip MuddJanuary 25, 2013We have seen this story of bloodthirsty extremist...
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The State of Global Jihad Online
A Qualitative, Quantitative, and Cross-Lingual Analysis February 4, 2013 Aaron Y. Zelin, Richard Borow Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy To read the full report, click here. More than...
View ArticleThe Sidebar: The Law of Drones and Relaxation
Rosa Brooks scrutinizes the leaked Justice Department memo that aims to provide legal rationale for the administration's drone program. Brigid Schulte introduces us to surprising research on how to be...
View ArticleThe Sidebar: The Key to Sanctions and America's Wealth Gulf
Reniqua Allen and Hannah Emple explain how and why America's racial wealth gap became a gulf. Tara Maller reveals what makes sanctions a success - or failure - and what she expects from the ones...
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The Conflict in Syria
An Assessment of U.S. Strategic Interests March 19, 2013Brian Fishman Radha Iyengar, RAND Corp. Click here to download the full report. This paper concludes that the most likely medium-run end state...
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After the Withdrawal
The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan Author(s): Peter BergenMarch 21, 2013This past Saturday, March 16, 2013 marked an extraordinary moment in Pakistan’s history, as this is the first time that...
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Drone Wars
The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of Targeted Killing Author(s): Peter BergenApril 24, 2013The CIA drone program began quietly under President George W. Bush with one strike in...
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How Many Guantanamo Detainees "Return to the Battlefield"?
Author(s): Peter BergenBailey CahallMay 7, 2013As of May 7, 2013, 603 Guantanamo prisoners have been released or transferred abroad. Of those 603 we have identified 53 who are either confirmed to be or...
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Talking to the Taliban
Hope Over History? June 27, 2013 John Bew, Ryan Evans, Martyn Frampton, Peter Neumann, Marisa Porges The aim of this report is to examine the evolution of the idea of ‘talking to the Taliban’, analyse...
View ArticleAfghan Taliban Rejects Calls for Ramadan Ceasefire
July 10, 2013Bailey CahallJennifer RowlandJuly 10, 2013URL: http://afpak.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/07/10/afghan_taliban_rejects_international_pleas_for_ramadan_ceasefire
View ArticleWho Are the Syrian Rebels?
September 6, 2013Barak BarfiSeptember 6, 2013URL: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/06/opinion/barfi-syria-opposition-guide/index.html
View ArticleNational Security Program Launches New Version of Definitive Drones Database
October 15, 2013Washington, DC— Today, the New America Foundation’s National Security Program (NSP) launched a new and updated database, “Air and Drone Wars: Yemen,” adding breadth and depth to what is...
View ArticleBoots on the Ground or Robots in the Sky
January 22, 2014 The Future of War Project Offers a Look at the Changing Face of Warfare Evelyn CrundenJanuary 22, 2014URL:...
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