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The Coming Cyberpeace

Cyberattacks have demonstrated themselves to be more smoke than fire. This is not to suggest that incidents are on the decline, however. Distributed denial-of-service attacks and infiltrations increase by the minute—every major organization is probed constantly, but only for weaknesses or new infiltration methods for potential use in the future. Probes and pokes do not destabilize states or change trends within international politics. Even common cyber actions have little effect on levels of cooperation and conflict between states.

Brandon Valeriano and Ryan C. Maness

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Intelligence May 13, 2015 Snapshot

The Coming Cyberpeace

Cyberattacks have demonstrated themselves to be more smoke than fire. This is not to suggest that incidents are on the decline, however. Distributed denial-of-service...

Brandon Valeriano and Ryan C. Maness

Security Apr 13, 2015 Snapshot

The Good News About Spying

Since 2013, when Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA had been spying on private communications on a mass scale, U.S. President Barack Obama has faced pressure to...

Timothy H. Edgar

Security May/June 2015 Review Essay

The Torture Blame Game

The Senate Intelligence Committee’s so-called torture report was a failure. By dodging fundamental questions about the proper balance between values and security, its...

Robert Jervis

Homeland Security March/April 2015 Essay

Disrupting the Intelligence Community

Ten years from now, the CIA’s primary mission will be covert action; the NSA will move away from collecting personal data; and traditional espionage—the use of spies...

Jane Harman

Homeland Security May/June 2014 Letter

Paywall-Free

Secrets and Laws

John R. Liebman

Terrorism & Counterterrorism Dec 14, 2012 Snapshot

The Holes in "Homeland"

Showtime's blockbuster series is great television, but not a useful guide to real-world homeland security. Hint: we always tap the suspect's cell phone.

Richard A. Falkenrath

Energy Jun 15, 2013 Snapshot

Energy and American Power

When U.S. President Barack Obama took office, the country’s energy future would have been listed among its liabilities. That is no longer the case.

Tom Donilon

Homeland Security Jun 5, 2013 Snapshot

Susan Rice's Playbook

Rice faces a basic choice: prioritizing management of the foreign policy process, or pushing policy in her preferred direction. She will inevitably do some of both. If...

I. M. Destler

Homeland Security January/February 2013 Essay

Lean Forward

Now, more than ever, the United States might be tempted to pull back from the world. That would be a mistake, since an engaged grand strategy has served the country...

Stephen G. Brooks, G. John Ikenberry, and William C. Wohlforth

Grand Strategy January/February 2013 Essay

Pull Back

The United States' undisciplined, expensive, and bloody grand strategy has done untold harm to U.S. national security. It is time to abandon this hegemonic approach...

Barry R. Posen

Foreign Policy Nov 29, 2012 Snapshot

Enemies at the Gates

In 2001, Washington and Singapore prevented a major terrorist attack on the U.S. embassy in Singapore. Here's how they did it.

Frank Lavin

Security Nov 21, 2012 Snapshot

The Fog of Cyberwar

Despite the hype, cyberwarfare is a seldom-used, relatively toothless tactic that will not change foreign policy calculations anytime soon.

Brandon Valeriano and Ryan Maness

Economic Development Oct 2, 2012 Snapshot

Missing in Africa

Africa's thriving democracies and economies, and its alarming transnational security threats, make it more important than ever to the United States. Obama, however,...

Todd Moss

Obama Administration Jun 22, 2012 Video

David Sanger and Daniel Klaidman on National Security

David E. Sanger and Daniel Klaidman join Jonathan Tepperman to discuss Obama's national security policies and practices.

Security May 10, 2012 Video

Foreign Affairs Focus: Threat Inflation With Micah Zenko

Gideon Rose discusses "threat hyping" with author Micah Zenko, who argues that the U.S. is much safer than officials lead the public to believe.

Law Apr 4, 2012 Snapshot

Hacks of Valor

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...

Yochai Benkler

Foreign Aid March/April 2012 Essay

Clear and Present Safety

U.S. officials and national security experts chronically exaggerate foreign threats, suggesting that the world is scarier and more dangerous than ever. But that is...

Micah Zenko and Michael A. Cohen

War & Military Strategy January 1941 Essay

Is Defense Enough?

Raoul de Roussy de Sales

Homeland Security October 1940 Essay

National Defense: Plan or Patchwork?

Lindsay Rogers

Demography September 1924 Essay

Our New Immigration Policy

Robert DeC. Ward

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