Why Pakistan Can’t

by Malik Ahmad Jalal | Aug 6, 2010 | Features, Online Edition

By Malik Ahmad Jalal* – On a visit of Pakistan in July, the U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen acknowledged the success of the military operation against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in South Waziristan and Swat.  However, the...

Moving Forward in Mexico

by Nina Catalano | Aug 2, 2010 | Features, Online Edition

By Nina Catalano – News south of the U.S. border is not good these days. Mexican drug traffickers are supplementing their already gruesome violence with terrorist tactics, and Central America is increasingly faced with the destabilizing spillover effects of...

Nuclear Waste Storage: We Need a Long, Long, Long-Term Plan

by Jonathan Abrams | Jul 28, 2010 | Online Edition, Student Articles

By Jonathan Abrams

Petraeus Replaces McChrystal in Afghanistan, What Does it Mean for the Prospects of American Success?

by | Jul 25, 2010 | Online Edition, Student Articles

By Darcey Groden

Unlikely Routes: Stronger Militaries by Transforming Military Education

by Malik Ahmad Jalal and Agus Yudhoyono | Jul 5, 2010 | Features

By Malik Ahmad Jalal and Agus Yudhoyono* – “I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power, the greater it will be.” The words of U.S. philosopher-president Thomas Jefferson adorn the walls of Jefferson Memorial Library...

Unmanned Robotics & New Warfare: A Pilot/Professor’s Perspective

by Mary L. Cummings | Mar 24, 2010 | Features

By Mary L. Cummings – As the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Humans and Automation Laboratory, I was asked to comment from a technologist’s perspective at the recent symposium Drone Warfare: New Robotics & Targeted Killings on the...