by Joshua Foust | Oct 8, 2012 | Monitor
Protesters outside the headquarters of General Atomics in San Diego, Calif. on May 19, 2010. Photo: Bob Davis/flickr Cross-posted from Joshua Foust’s regular column for PBS Need to Know. Drones are not a universal panacea to terrorism issues. But they can be...
by Joshua Foust | Sep 26, 2012 | Monitor
Ho New/Reuters Cross-posted from Joshua Foust’s regular column for The Atlantic. A new report excoriates the United States’ unmanned aerial strikes against terrorists in South Asia. But are there better alternatives? A new report, “Living Under...
by Joshua Foust | Sep 21, 2012 | Monitor
This is a collection of work ASP has published on the war in Afghanistan. From examining the strategic foundation of the war to measuring its progress, ASP has presented the war in new ways supported by data and analysis, rather than posturing or optimism. When...
by Joshua Foust | Sep 20, 2012 | Monitor
Yemen has become a focal point of the war on terrorism. From the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 to the underwear bombs of 2009 and 2012, with smaller plots in between, policymakers are deeply concerned about the challenges and complexities Yemen presents. The...
by Joshua Foust | Sep 17, 2012 | Monitor
Jalaluddin Haqqani, then the Taliban’s Minister for Tribal Affairs, points to a map of Afghanistan in 2001 as son Naziruddin looks on. (Reuters) This piece is cross-posted from Joshua Foust’s regular column in The Atlantic. After years of holding off on...