http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV2AwL9x2xk&width=665 What are the reasons that we should be concerned about cybersecurity today? Staff writer Tom Silver ’16 talks about his article “Hacking Homeland: How Do We Prevent a Cyber Pearl Harbor?” in the 2012 winter issue of the Harvard Political Review. Read the full article here. You can access additional content by subscribing to … Read more
Freshly reelected President Barack Obama would certainly like to use his political leverage to resolve the looming confrontation over the Iranian nuclear program. For most of the past decade, Iran has invested significant resources in a nuclear enrichment program that it maintains is peaceful. A more skeptical international community, fearful of a nuclear weapons-capable Iran, … Read more
Most college students can hardly remember a time when America was not at war. To many of us, it may seem unfathomable, if the words of President Obama hold true, that the final withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan in 2014 will conclude the first chapter of the War on Terror. Even if potential conflicts with … Read more
Extremist groups like Al-Qaeda are no strangers to the African continent with operations in Sudan, Nigeria, and Somalia, most notably through the militant group Al-Shabaab. Their growing prowess, especially in Northern Africa, was illustrated by Al-Qaeda’s recent involvement in the Malian coup d’état. Al-Qaeda’s naturalization in Africa has been perceived as a threat to not … Read more