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Snapshot,
April 4, 2012
Hacks of Valor
Yochai Benkler

The U.S. government has begun to think of Anonymous, the online network phenomenon, as a threat to national security. This is the wrong approach. Seeing Anonymous primarily as a cybersecurity threat is like analyzing the breadth of the Vietnam antiwar movement and 1960s counterculture by focusing only on the Weathermen.
Essay, May/June 2011
Recalibrating Homeland SecurityPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Stephen Flynn

As the recent fiasco with body scanners at airports demonstrated, the United States' homeland security strategy is off track. It has failed to harness two vital assets: civil society and the private sector. Washington should promote a sensible preparedness among individuals, communities, and corporations.



This article appears in the Foreign Affairs eBook, "The U.S. vs. al Qaeda: A History of the War on Terror." Now available for purchase.
Snapshot,
August 2, 2010
Securing the Skies
Janet Napolitano

As the attempted bombing of an airliner on Christmas Day shows, the global aviation network still faces vulnerabilities. To protect against evolving terrorist threats, the United States must work with partners around the world to develop new technologies and policies.
Postscript,
April 30, 2009
JonestownPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
I. M. Destler

The Obama administration has promised to revamp the National Security Council, but so far it has not delivered.

Essay, Jan/Feb 2009
In the Shadow of the Oval OfficePremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Ivo H. Daalder and I. M. Destler

One of the most important figures in Obama’s administration will be his national security adviser. An examination of past advisers shows how to get the job right—or wrong.
Review Essay, Mar/Apr 2008
Intelligent Design?Premium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Paul R. Pillar

Two new books on intelligence reform -- Tim Weiner's Legacy of Ashes and Amy Zegart's Spying Blind -- distort the historical record. A third, by Richard Betts, rightly observes that no matter how good the spies, failures are inevitable.
Essay, Jan/Feb 2008
Stopping Nuclear TerrorismPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Michael Levi

Nuclear terrorism poses a grave threat to global security, but seeking silver bullets to counter it does not make sense. Instead of pursuing a perfect defense, U.S. policymakers should create an integrated defensive system that takes advantage of the terrorists' weaknesses and disrupts their plots at every stage, thereby chipping away at their overall chances of success.
Essay, Mar/Apr 2007
Unprepared for a PandemicPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Michael T. Osterholm

In 2007, Michael T. Osterholm wrote about the need to prepare for an influenza pandemic. Two years later, the song remains the same.
Comment, Sep/Oct 2006
Is There Still a Terrorist Threat?: The Myth of the Omnipresent EnemyPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
John Mueller

Despite all the ominous warnings of wily terrorists and imminent attacks, there has been neither a successful strike nor a close call in the United States since 9/11. The reasonable -- but rarely heard -- explanation is that there are no terrorists within the United States, and few have the means or the inclination to strike from abroad.
Response, Mar/Apr 2006
The War of Unintended ConsequencesPremium Article available to subscribers and site license holders.
Daniel Benjamin, Steven Simon, and Richard A. Falkenrath

The Next Attack's authors argue that Washington's mistakes in Iraq and at home have weakened U.S. security; Falkenrath responds.
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