Multimedia: Video
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Command Post: "Who Are the Real Cyber-Warriors?"
Date: 08/26/2011Media: VideoNational-security debates used to be a lot easier when it took a nation-state to raise an army and build an arsenal. To hear some cyber-defense experts tell it, today a cyberwar can be launched by a couple of bored teen-age hackers in one of their basements. While that's a stretch, what about criminal cybergangs? Or nation-states? Or, most insidiously, nation-states that hire such underlings to carry out cyber attacks? John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security and I chat about the vexatious challenge with James Lewis, a cyber-warfare expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Kristin Lord, who recently oversaw a CNAS examination into the issue.
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Command Post: "Cyber War: Fact or Fiction?"
Date: 08/25/2011Media: VideoDefending against the invisible menace of online cyber-attacks has become one of the Pentagon's biggest growth areas. But should it be? Kristin Lord of the Center for a New American Security, who recently led a study into the issue, discusses the balancing act associated with this new way of war. She's joined by colleague John Nagl, cyber expert James Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and yours truly.
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Command Post: "How Vulnerable Is Our Infrastructure to Cyber Attack?"
Date: 08/24/2011Media: VideoThe folks who get paid to stay up at night worrying about cyber-security are always telling us that our basic infrastructure -- the online computer networks that run our water, electricity, banking and other vital systems -- are big fat targets just waiting to be taken down by skilled hackers. Well, it hasn't happened yet. Are we just lucky -- or just whistling past the graveyard? John Nagl, of the Center for a New American Security, and your Battleland scribe ruminate on the topic with James Lewis, a cyber-security expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Kristin Lord, a security analyst who just wrapped up work on a major CNAS study into the topic.
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Command Post: "How Tough Is It to Tell Who Launched a Cyber Attack?"
Date: 08/23/2011Media: VideoThe word attribution always crops up when experts debate the challenges of deterring a cyber attack. It simply means determining just who is responsible for nefarious acts online -- where anonymity has long been a prized asset. Here, I discuss the challenge of finding such digital fingerprints with James Lewis, a cyberwar expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Kristin Lord, who recently edited a Center for a New American Security study on U.S. cyber-vulnerabilities, and John Nagl, CNAS's president and a member of the Pentagon's independent Defense Policy Board.
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Patrick Cronin on Voice of America's The Platform
Date: 08/23/2011Media: VideoCNAS Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Patrick Cronin talks to VOA’s The Platform about potential cooperation between China and Pakistan and how this affects their relationships with the United States.
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Command Post: "Is a Cyber Pearl Harbor on the Horizon?"
Date: 08/22/2011Media: VideoThis week on Command Post, John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security and I discuss the potential horror -- and the potential hype -- of cyber war with James Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Kristin Lord of CNAS. Key question: now that the Cold War has melted into history, is the possibility of an Internet war real -- or simply a way for the military-industrial complex to shift to a more target-rich environment?
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MG Jeffrey Buchanan, USA Discussion on Operation New Dawn: Bridge to an Enduring Partnership - Remarks
Date: 08/18/2011Media: VideoIn light of the impending end of the United States Forces–Iraq mission this December, Major General Jeffrey Buchanan, USA, Director of Strategic Effects for United States Forces-Iraq, visited the Center for a New American Security to speak about the evolving role of the United States in Iraq and the challenges and opportunities for the future of U.S.-Iraq relations amidst a changed Middle East. Watch his remarks here.
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MG Jeffrey Buchanan, USA Discussion on Operation New Dawn: Bridge to an Enduring Partnership - Q&A
Date: 08/18/2011Media: Video| more |In light of the impending end of the United States Forces–Iraq mission this December, Major General Jeffrey Buchanan, USA, Director of Strategic Effects for United States Forces-Iraq, visited the Center for a New American Security to speak about the evolving role of the United States in Iraq and the challenges and opportunities for the future of U.S.-Iraq relations amidst a changed Middle East. Watch the question and answer portion of the discussion here.
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Command Post: "Does It Make Sense for Obama to Bar U.S. Combat Boots in Libya?"
Date: 08/12/2011Media: VideoWar, first and foremost, is a collection of choices. When President Obama ruled out the use of U.S. military boots on the ground inside Libya, it may have made political sense. But did it make military sense as well? John Nagl of the Center for a New American Security and I weigh the issue with Andrew Exum, former Army officer now with CNAS, and Paul Hughes, retired Army colonel at the U.S. Institute of Peace.
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Command Post: "Why Did It Take the U.S. So Long to Recognize the Libyan Rebels?"
Date: 08/11/2011Media: VideoAfter five months of bombing the government of Muammar Gadaffi, the U.S. finally recognized Libya's rebel forces. Was this the right decision, and, if so -- why did it take so long? Paul Hughes, a retired Army colonel now with the U.S. Institute of Peace, and Andrew Exum, a Center for a New American Security fellow who has led combat units in Afghanistan and Iraq, chew over the merits of diplomatic recognition with John Nagl of CNAS and me.
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