by Robert Beckhusen | May 2, 2013 | Monitor
Killer drone tech is slowly spreading. In a first, the United Kingdom has carried out a strike in Afghanistan by pilots controlling the drone from within Britain.
by Robert Beckhusen | May 1, 2013 | Monitor
Libya is still better than under Qadhafi. But it’s still awful for press freedom, more than a year and a half after NATO helped topple the regime.
by Robert Beckhusen | Apr 30, 2013 | Monitor
The Pentagon spent millions developing a humongous hydrogen-fueled drone that could fly at soaring altitudes for a week at a time. Now the drone is on its lonesome, because no one wants to buy it.
by Robert Beckhusen | Apr 29, 2013 | Monitor
Once, the CIA tried to put sensors in the Himalayan mountains to spy on China. It nearly ended in complete failure.
by Robert Beckhusen | Apr 22, 2013 | Monitor
It’s still unclear what motivated the suspects believed responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing. But according to one prominent expert on extremism and radicalization, we should start by studying psychology.