by Posted by AD Brown | Sep 8, 2011 | Monitor
Joseph S. Nye, writing on the most recent asymmetric threat to the state, that of cyber war, has echoed what has become the pre-eminent challenge faced by a democratic state; how to remain free and secure. Threats from the cyber … Continue reading →
by editor | Sep 6, 2011 | Afghanistan, Analysis, Sensemaking, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman Last Friday the always-excellent PBS Newshour ran a story that left me floored. It featured interviews with several ordinary Afghans who were handed pictures of the 9/11 World Trade Center attack. Of a dozen or so people asked, only one man (a...
by Posted by AD Brown | Sep 6, 2011 | Monitor
With the ten-year anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon only days away, a debate still rages over whether Britain and America are now more secure now than on September 10th 2001. Critics complain that … Continue reading...
by K.W Johnson, TSA HQ | Sep 5, 2011 | Monitor
Ed note: The Transportation Security Administration's Historian Project believes it's important for an agency to know how far they’ve come and who has helped pave the way. They use an online tool called StoryLine to...
by Anand Gopal | Sep 1, 2011 | Monitor
TRIPOLI, Libya – One night late last month, in a sweltering apartment deep in the heart of Tripoli, a group of men gathered around the television to watch the evening news. The program was carried on Libya al-Ahrar, a Doha-based news channel beaming into Libya in...