by Allen McDuffee | Jul 26, 2013 | Monitor
A new report on global attitudes about the U.S. from the Pew Research Center shows something that isn’t terribly surprising: American drone strikes are unpopular around the world (only Israel approves U.S. drone strikes more than the U.S.). What is surprising,...
by Allen McDuffee | Jul 25, 2013 | Monitor
As the U.S. prepares to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, the government watchdog charged with overseeing nearly $100 billion in contracts to reconstruct the country has found almost $2 billion in potential waste, fraud and abuse in the last three months alone —...
by Allen McDuffee | Jul 25, 2013 | Monitor
The Navy’s X-47B drone completed its newest round of tests off the Virginia shore last week, making it the first pilotless unmanned jet in history to land aboard a moving aircraft carrier — one of aviation’s most challenging...
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 Bruce Schneier | Mar 14, 2013 | Monitor
One side creates ceramic handguns, laser-guided missiles, and new-identity theft techniques, while the other side creates anti-missile defense systems, fingerprint databases, and automatic facial recognition systems. The problem is that it’s not balanced: Attackers...