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P. W. Singer is Strategist at New America and the author of multiple books including “Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: What Everyone Needs to Know” and “LikeWar.” He is the co-authors of the new report “The Need for C3: A Proposal for a United States Cybersecurity Civilian Corps.”

Border Security

The Snake-And-Alligator Border Moat: A Budget Analysis

We ran the numbers. It’s doable.

BY Peter W. Singer READ NOW»

Alligators at Alligator Bay, Beauvoir, France

Commentary White House Defense Department Homeland

The Snake-And-Alligator Border Moat: A Budget Analysis

We ran the numbers. It’s doable.

BY Peter W. Singer READ NOW»

Commentary Terrorism Technology

What Insurgency Will Look Like in 2030

The author of “Ghost Fleet” has some guesses — and some questions that U.S. defenders will have to answer.

BY Peter W. Singer READ NOW»

Commentary Cyber Pentagon Personnel

The US Needs a Cybersecurity Civilian Corps

Like the auxiliaries that arose during WWII, a new volunteer organization will help face today’s threats.

BY Natasha Cohen Peter W. Singer READ NOW»

Country music star Taylor Swift helps Mariana Gomes, right, of Brazil, by taking a souvenir photo of them with Gomes' phone as Swift arrives for the Academy of Country Music Honors show on Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn.

Commentary Cyber

What Taylor Swift Teaches Us About Online War

What is “real” has become what is real online.

BY Peter W. Singer Emerson T. Brooking READ NOW»

An Aug. 12, 2017, image shows a white supremacist carrying a NAZI flag into the entrance to Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Va.

Commentary Terrorism

National Security Pros, It’s Time to Talk About Right-Wing Extremism

We have been too quiet about a threat that is regularly killing our fellow citizens.

BY Peter W. Singer READ NOW»

Commentary Russia Elections

What We Didn’t Learn from Twitter’s News Dump on Russiagate

The social-media company downplayed its role in Russia’s election meddling. But it’s still more transparent than Facebook.

BY Peter W. Singer READ NOW»

Cybersecurity’s Human Side: How Can We Solve Our People Problem?

First, stop undermining our own efforts to fill crucial jobs. Second, cast a wide net for useful lessons.

BY Peter W. Singer READ NOW»

A U.S. Airman views a computer screen at a test cell facility at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., March 3, 2017.

Commentary Cyber Homeland

Cybersecurity’s Human Side: How Can We Solve Our People Problem?

First, stop undermining our own efforts to fill crucial jobs. Second, cast a wide net for useful lessons.

BY Peter W. Singer READ NOW»

Technology Russia ISIS

War Goes Viral

How social media is being weaponized across the world.

BY Emerson T. Brooking Peter W. Singer READ NOW»

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