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Pentagon Paying China — Yes, China — To Carry Data

April 29, 2013, Noah Shachtman

Syria's Use of Chemical Weapons: The Ball’s in Your Court, Mr. President

April 26, 2013, Bruce Riedel

These Classy Defense Contractors Are Already Looking to Cash In on Boston

April 26, 2013, Noah Shachtman

Lessons of the Syrian Reactor

May 1, 2013, Bruce Riedel

Organizing and Managing Intelligence Analysis to Fight Terrorism

April 22, 2013

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Four Reasons Sens. Graham and McCain are Wrong about Military Detention for Dzhokar Tsarnaev

April 20, 2013, Benjamin Wittes

Al Qaeda is Probably Pleased with Boston Bombing

April 19, 2013, Bruce Riedel

How U.S. Cities Can Protect Themselves Against Bombing Attacks

April 17, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon

The Boston Marathon Bombing and Our Post-Terrorist Incident Drill

April 16, 2013, Paul R. Pillar

A Discussion About Drones

March 29, 2013, Peter W. Singer

Intelligence and Public Perceptions of It

March 27, 2013, Paul R. Pillar

Brookings Launches the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence (21CSI)

March 12, 2013

The Danger of Groupthink in the Obama Administration

February 26, 2013, Paul R. Pillar

A Killing Court

February 8, 2013, Paul R. Pillar

The Endless War

February 6, 2013, Paul R. Pillar

Just Calm Down About that DOJ White Paper

February 5, 2013, Benjamin Wittes and Susan Hennessey

What It Takes to Fight the Terrorists

January 27, 2013, Ursula Wilder

Separating Facts from Fiction In Zero Dark Thirty, Hollywood’s Take on the Death of Osama bin Laden

January 25, 2013, Benjamin Wittes

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New Al-Qaeda Generation May Be Deadliest One

January 24, 2013, Bruce Riedel

Big Bets and Black Swans: Foreign Policy Challenges for President Obama’s Second Term

January 17, 2013

John Brennan Is An Excellent Choice to Lead the CIA

January 7, 2013, Bruce Riedel

The Next Chapter of Global Terrorism: New Realities Transcending Old 9/11 Paradigms

December 2012, Randall A. Blake

Unmanned at Any Speed: Bringing Drones into Our National Airspace

December 14, 2012, Wells C. Bennett

If you take the Syria issue which is before us right now, what people are waiting for is for the United States to step up and start pulling everyone together. And what's been missing has been the United States playing that role.

December 14, 2012, Robert Kagan, Voice of America

Syria and Chemical Weapons: What Can the U.S. Do Now?

December 12, 2012, Bruce Riedel