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War and national security

Science & Nature, War & Security

Technology Derailed

Railways are leaving themselves at risk of dangerous hacking—and they know it.

Bryce Emley

Science & Nature, War & Security

Weaponizing Syria’s Water

For anti-Assad rebels, a southern spring has become a kind of suicide bomb.

Alisa Reznick

Politics, War & Security

In San Bernardino, a Crime—Not an Act of War

The massacre led immediately to national security fantasies.

Joseph Margulies

Global Justice, War & Security

Paris in Terror

The history of terrorism in France offers lessons in how best to respond to the Paris attacks.

Julian Bourg

Global Justice, Politics

America’s Refugee Debt

It is time for the United States to take responsibility for the war it encouraged in Syria.

Aziz Z. Huq

Politics, War & Security

Assassinating Terrorists Does Not Work

It creates more violent terrorists and leaves no one who can talk peace.

Alex de Waal

Science & Nature, War & Security

Justice and Warfare in Cyberspace

The Department of Defense's Cyber Strategy Memorandum

Lisa Lucile Owens

Politics, War & Security

Netanyahu Is Right: U.S.-Israel Relations Are Here to Stay

“Reports of the demise of Israeli-U.S. relations are not only premature, they’re just wrong.” It is hard to disagree.

Simon Waxman

Law & Justice, Politics

Don't Defund, Just Dismantle the Department of Homeland Security

Republicans are right to obstruct funding for DHS—but they're doing it for the wrong reasons.

Tom Barry

Arts in Society, War & Security

American Sniper: Patriotism Is Personal

Patriotism, as brilliant as the gold tridents pounded into a SEAL’s coffin lid, outshines all flaws.

Judith Levine

Arts in Society, War & Security

The Rhetoric of Cowardice

Recovering its usage.

Kyle Williams

Global Justice, Politics

Ever-Crumbling Walls

The identity of a nation lies in its borders.

Santiago Zabala, Søren Tinning

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