Publications

Iran, the next cyberthreat

May 13, 2012 Ilan I. Berman Washington Times

Since taking office in 2009, the Obama administration has made cybersecurity a major area of policy focus. The past year in particular has seen a dramatic expansion of governmental awareness of cyberspace as a new domain of conflict. In practice, however, this attention is still uneven. To date, it has focused largely on network protection and resiliency (particularly in the military arena) and on the threat potential of countries such as China and Russia. Awareness of what is perhaps the most urgent cybermenace to the U.S. homeland has lagged behind the times.

Drug War at Sea: Rise of the Narco Subs

May 12, 2012 Avi Jorisch Newsweek/Daily Beast

After a two-year manhunt, the United States Drug Enforcement Agency last week arrested Colombian drug kingpin Javier Antonio Calle Serna, a senior leader of Los Rastrojos, one of the country’s most formidable drug-trafficking organizations. After being indicted last summer by the Eastern District of New York, Serna reportedly felt so squeezed by the agency and rival drug dealers that he began negotiating for his surrender.

Eurasia Security Watch: No. 258

May 10, 2012

Syrian hackers attack Qatar and Saudi Arabia;

Hamas and Islamic jihad elections;

Israeli nuclear submarines to counter Iran;

Tajikistan cracks down on Islamist groups