Micah Zenko
List of Micah Zenko articles
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Mark Wilson/Getty Images Dempsey’s Paradox
The world is getting less violent. So why do we feel so threatened?
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Sean Gallup/Getty Images ‘A Period of Persistent Conflict’
Why the United States will never have another peacetime president.
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John Moore/Getty Images The Long Third War
No matter who wins in November, America should get ready for 10 more years of drones.
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Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images The All-Powerful President
And four other lies we tell ourselves about foreign policy.
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JIM WATSON/AFP/GettyImages 100% Right 0% of the Time
Why the U.S. military can't predict the next war.
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BRENNAN LINSLEY/AFP/Getty Images Don’t Just ‘Do Something’
Why Obama shouldn't send a bunch of ninjas to Benghazi.
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STAN HONDA/AFP/GettyImages The Projectionist
Why Bibi can't scare the U.S. into bombing Iran.
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Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images Forget ‘Better Off’
Are you safer than you were four years ago?
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Mark Wilson/Getty Images The Seven Deadly Sins of John Brennan
What Obama's high priest of targeted killings doesn't want you to know.
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SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images The Lethal Bureaucrat
Who is John Brennan?
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Ian Waldie/Getty Images There’s Nothing in the Water…
10 things that kill more people than sharks.
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John Moore/Getty Images Drone, Sweet Drone
The debate over domestic surveillance is heating up. But don't panic yet.
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Alex Wong/Getty Images We Can’t Drone Our Way to Victory in Afghanistan
It’s time for the United States to think of new ways to combat terrorism in Southwest Asia.
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Uriel Sinai/Getty Images 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Drones
When drones were created, how they're used, and what their future looks like.
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546138_iranresized4.jpg Iran Has America’s Super Spy Drone. So What?
Getting caught every once in a while is all part of the intelligence game.
