The Politics of Proliferation: A Conversation with Matthew Fuhrmann (Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/12/14/the-politics-of-proliferation-a-conversation-with-matthew-fuhrmann/

Five Ways Trump’s Foreign Policy Would Be a Disaster (Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign Relations)

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/11/03/five-ways-trumps-foreign-policy-would-be-a-disaster/

Is it Still 1968? A Conversation with Michael A. Cohen (Micah Zenko, Council on Foreign Relations)

Today, I spoke with Michael A. Cohen, regular contributor at The Boston Globe, about his new book, American Maelstrom: The 1968 Election and the Politics of Division (also available on iTunes here). We talk about the chaotic U.S. presidential election of 1968, which not only bears a striking resemblance with the 2016 election, but sowed the seeds for many political currents running through the United States today. Michael also offers his advice to passionate aspiring journalists and writers. Listen to our conversation, check out his last book, Live From the Campaign Trail: The Greatest Presidential Campaign Speeches of the Twentieth Century and How They Shaped Modern America, and follow him on Twitter @speechboy71.

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/10/18/is-it-still-1968-a-conversation-with-michael-a-cohen/

How Not to Red Team (Micah Zenko, CFR)

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/09/08/how-not-to-red-team/

Hackers, Pen Tests, and Security Research: A Conversation with Chris Rohlf (Micah Zenko, CFR)

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/09/06/hackers-pen-tests-and-security-research-a-conversation-with-chris-rohlf/

Revisiting President Reagan’s Iran Arms-for-Hostages Initiative (Micah Zenko, CFR)

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/08/03/revisiting-president-reagans-iran-arms-for-hostages-initiative/

Diagnosing and Deciding Military Interventions: Insights from Surgical Scholarship (Micah Zenko, CFR)

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/08/02/diagnosing-and-deciding-military-interventions-insights-from-surgical-scholarship/

Podcast: Rogue Justice: A Conversation with Karen Greenberg (Micah Zenko, CFR)

Today I spoke with Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School. We spoke about her comprehensive account of the national security legal debates since 9/11 in her new book, Rogue Justice: The Making of the Security State(Crown, 2016), as well as a new report from the Center on National Security that details all 101 publicly known Islamic State-related cases. Karen also offered her sobering and honest advice for young legal and national security scholars. Follow Karen’s work on Twitter @KarenGreenberg3, and listen to my conversation with one of the most respected and knowledgeable scholars in the world of national security, counterterrorism policy, and civil liberties.

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/07/13/podcast-rogue-justice-a-conversation-with-karen-greenberg/

How Not To Estimate and Communicate Risks (Micah Zenko, CFR)

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/06/29/how-not-to-estimate-and-communicate-risks/

Podcast: Bargaining and Military Coercion: A Conversation with Todd Sechser (Micah Zenko, CFR)

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/06/21/podcast-bargaining-and-military-coercion-a-conversation-with-todd-sechser/

The Orlando Massacre and Global Terrorism (Micah Zenko, CFR)

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/06/13/the-orlando-massacre-and-global-terrorism/

You Might Have Missed: Academic Journals V (Micah Zenko, CFR)

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/05/25/you-might-have-missed-academic-journals-v/

Will Killing Mullah Mansur Work? (Micah Zenko, CFR)

On Saturday, the Pentagon released a remarkable statement: “Today, the Department of Defense conducted an airstrike that targeted Taliban leader Mullah Mansur.” Soon after, a tweet from the Office of the Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, read, “#Taliban leader #AkhtarMansoor was killed in a drone strike in Quetta, #Pakistan at 04:30 pm yesterday. His car was attacked in Dahl Bandin.” An anonymous U.S. official stated, “Mansour was the target and was likely killed,” while the Pentagon press release noted, “We are still assessing the results of the strike.” As of Monday afternoon, the Taliban had yet to release any statement

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/05/23/will-killing-mullah-mansur-work/

Podcast: The 1990 U.S. Pledge to the Soviet Union on NATO Expansion (Micah Zenko, CFR)

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/05/17/podcast-the-1990-us-pledge-to-the-soviet-union-on-nato-expansion-shifrinson/

Podcast: Entrepreneurship: A Conversation with Elmira Bayrasli (Micah Zenko, CFR)

What is an entrepreneur? How do entrepreneurs in other countries, such as Turkey, Nigeria, Pakistan, Mexico, India, Russia, and China, differ from those in the United States? To what extent is entrepreneurship innate within the individual, or can be cultivated by the conditions, including governance or society, in which they grow up?

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/04/26/podcast-entrepreneurship-a-conversation-with-elmira-bayrasli/

Are Drones More Precise Than Manned Aircraft? (Micah Zenko, Amelia M. Wolf, CFR)

In our latest piece at ForeignPolicy.com, we evaluate the Obama administration’s long-standing claim that drone strikes are more “precise” and cause fewer civilian fatalities than airstrikes by manned aircraft. We approach this challenge recognizing the limits of understanding who is being targeted and killed by all U.S. aerial operations. In addition, we admit that there are no wholly reliable or independently verifiable data sources, either from the U.S. government or research NGOs.

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/04/25/are-drone-more-precise-than-manned-aircraft/

Does Your Candidate Even Have a Foreign Policy? (Micah Zenko, CFR)

To the extent there has been any attention paid at all to foreign policy in the ongoing presidential campaign, the focus has been exceedingly narrow. The moderators of the primary debates have seemed mostly interested, if anything, in discussing counterterrorism policy and, even then, just those relatively miniscule aspects of terrorism that impact U.S. citizens. Meanwhile, when interviewers have tried asking broader foreign-policy questions, they’ve generally refrained from following up with clarifying questions. (Recent sit-downs with Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have been welcome exceptions.)

But just because the media circus has displayed an unusual disinterest in foreign policy, that doesn’t mean individual voters are obliged to. Here are eight questions to help you evaluate the soundness and seriousness of the remaining candidates’ foreign-policy positions.

http://www.cfr.org/elections/does-your-candidate-even-have-foreign-policy/p37763

Podcast: Presidents and Foreign Policy: A Conversation with Elizabeth Saunders (Micah Zenko, CFR)

Can high-level diplomatic visits, like President Obama’s recent trip to Cuba, fundamentally transform bilateral relations? Why do two presidents facing the same foreign conflict diagnose the nature of the underlying threat differently, and thus pursue different intervention strategies? Do American voters really care about foreign policy? I discuss these questions—plus her current research and career advice for young scholars—with Elizabeth N. Saunders, assistant professor of political science and international affairs at the George Washington University, and currently a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at CFR.

Prof. Saunders is the author of “Leaders at War: How Presidents Shape Military Interventions” (Cornell University Press, 2011), and most recently co-authored with James H. Lebovic, “The Diplomatic Core: How the United States Employs High-Level Visits as a Scarce Resource,” a fascinating article in International Studies Quarterly, which was summarized at Monkey Cage. Follow her research on Twitter @ProfSaunders.

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Ten Whats With…Adam Segal (Micah Zenko, CFR)

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/03/21/ten-whats-with-adam-segal/

Clinton vs. Trump on Defeating the Islamic State (Micah Zenko, Tina Huang, CFR)

The rise of the self-proclaimed Islamic State will be a leading foreign policy issue for the incoming administration. Thus, it is crucial to understand the proposed policies of the candidates. The current results of the primary elections indicate that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and businessman Donald Trump will likely win their party’s nominations. Though both candidates use strikingly similar rhetoric to describe how to counter the Islamic State, a close analysis of the details they each have provided exposes starkly different approaches.

http://blogs.cfr.org/zenko/2016/03/11/guest-post-clinton-vs-trump-on-defeating-the-islamic-state/