Internet

Access Denied

The United Nations couldn't control the Internet even if it wanted to.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | DECEMBER 10, 2012

Lost in Cyberspace

Why the State Department’s proposed new Twitter restrictions are a terrible idea.

BY WILL MCCANTS | DECEMBER 10, 2012

Is it Legal for the Military to Patrol American Networks?

Posse Comitatus meets the 21st century.

BY TIM MAURER | DECEMBER 5, 2012

Barbarians at the Gate

Are Russia and China trying to take over the Internet? Probably. But so far they aren't having much luck.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | DECEMBER 5, 2012

4 Digital Threats to Worry About

From hacktivism to cyberwarfare, the dangers that define the digital age.

BY EUGENE KASPERSKY | DECEMBER 2012

Five Myths about the Chinese Internet

The Great Firewall is neither great, nor a firewall. Discuss.

BY EVELINE CHAO | NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Panetta's Wrong About a Cyber 'Pearl Harbor'

The Internet doesn't work that way.

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Words Are Weapons of Mass Destruction

Why Hamas should watch its language.

BY DAVID KEYES | NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Prosperity Isn't Just a Matter of Wealth

Man does not live by GDP alone. An introduction to the Legatum Institute's latest Prosperity Index.

BY PETER PASSELL | NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Ready Player One

Did the Pentagon just take over America's cybersecurity?

BY JAMES ANDREW LEWIS | OCTOBER 12, 2012

Private Security

How companies meddle in cyberwar.

BY TIM MAURER | OCTOBER 11, 2012

Big Data: A Short History

How we arrived at a term to describe the potential and peril of today's data deluge.

BY URI FRIEDMAN | NOVEMBER 2012

The Innocence of YouTube

It's time for Internet giants to explain when censorship is and isn't OK.

BY SUSAN BENESCH, REBECCA MACKINNON | OCTOBER 5, 2012

An Idealist on Death Row

Why the desperate fate of a little-known Sudanese human rights activists poses some fundamental questions about what it means to be human.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | OCTOBER 3, 2012

The Great Persian Firewall

Should we care that Iran just turned off Google?

BY ART KELLER | SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Requested Page Could Not Be Found

Seven countries where Internet freedom is under threat.

BY SANJA KELLY, SARAH COOK | SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Keep on Tweetin'

The embassy debacle shouldn't end 21st-century #diplomacy.

BY JAMES K. GLASSMAN | SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Code Red

How Capitol Hill politicking has undermined cybersecurity--again. 

BY JAMES ANDREW LEWIS | AUGUST 1, 2012

The Sudanese Stand Up

The best way to help the protesters in Sudan? Cover the story.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 27, 2012

The FP Twitterati 100

A who’s who of the foreign-policy Twitterverse in 2012.

JUNE 18, 2012

Head of State

Hillary Clinton, the blind dissident, and the art of diplomacy in the Twitter era.

BY SUSAN B. GLASSER | JULY/AUGUST 2012

Cool War

Could the age of cyberwarfare lead us to a brighter future?

BY JOHN ARQUILLA | JUNE 15, 2012

Ruling Facebookistan

The world's largest social networking site has a population nearly as large as China or India's. And the natives are getting restless.

BY REBECCA MACKINNON | JUNE 14, 2012

The War for India's Internet

Why is the world's biggest democracy cracking down on Facebook and Google?

BY REBECCA MACKINNON | JUNE 6, 2012

Egypt's Revolutionary Soul-Searching

Cairo's revolutionaries take to the streets during a chaotic weekend.

JUNE 4, 2012

Facebook's a Company. Get Over It.

Why is there so much glee over Mark Zuckerberg's IPO woes?

BY EMILY PARKER | JUNE 4, 2012

Google Confronts the Great Firewall

In the second clash between the Internet search giant and the Chinese government, will freedom of speech win?

BY REBECCA MACKINNON | MAY 31, 2012

Flame Thrower

Stuxnet was a monster computer virus. Flame is 20 times larger -- and it's been out there, listening, for years.

BY TIM MAURER , DAVID WEINSTEIN | MAY 29, 2012

The Rise of Europe's Private Internet Police

Activists are fighting to rein them in.

BY REBECCA MACKINNON | MAY 16, 2012

A Nation of Spies and Snitches

The United States is pretty darn good at infiltrating terrorist groups -- at home and abroad -- these days. But should we be worried about the social costs?

BY J.M. BERGER | MAY 9, 2012