Micah Zenko

There's Nothing in the Water...

10 things that kill more people than sharks.

BY MICAH ZENKO | AUGUST 10, 2012

Drone, Sweet Drone

The debate over domestic surveillance is heating up. But don't panic yet.

BY MICAH ZENKO | JUNE 21, 2012

Where the Drones Are

Mapping the launch pads for Obama's secret wars.

BY MICAH ZENKO AND EMMA WELCH | MAY 29, 2012

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.

BY MICAH ZENKO | MARCH 27, 2012

10 Things You Didn't Know About Drones

When drones were created, how they're used, and what their future looks like.

BY MICAH ZENKO | MARCH/APRIL 2012

Iran Has America's Super Spy Drone. So What?

Getting caught every once in a while is all part of the intelligence game.

BY MICAH ZENKO | DECEMBER 9, 2011

The Dictator's Survival Guide

Seven lessons the world's remaining autocrats can learn from Qaddafi's mistakes.

BY MICAH ZENKO | AUGUST 22, 2011

It's a Man's World

Inside the gender breakdowns of Washington's premier think tanks.

BY MICAH ZENKO | JULY 14, 2011

City of Men

The numbers are in, and they show a staggering absence of women in Washington's foreign-policy community.

BY MICAH ZENKO | JULY 14, 2011

Think Again: Libya

More than a month after the first bombs fell on Muammar al-Qaddafi's forces, the assumptions that led the United States into the war have mostly been proven wrong -- and a strategy to end it is still nowhere in sight.

BY MICAH ZENKO | APRIL 28, 2011

Does the World Belong in Libya's War?

Foreign Policy's crack team of international experts debate whether Washington, London, and Paris were right to step in.

MARCH 18, 2011

No-Go

A no-fly zone over Libya will not be easy or painless.

BY MICAH ZENKO | MARCH 4, 2011

Big Problem, Small Package

New START is a good step forward for limiting strategic nuclear weapons, but the proliferation and deployment of tactical nukes is a serious, and unaddressed, problem.

BY MICAH ZENKO | DECEMBER 22, 2010

Armchair Warriors

Civilian strategists often think they understand the use of force better than their generals do. Here are 10 cockamamie military schemes that thankfully never came to pass.

BY MICAH ZENKO | OCTOBER 22, 2010

Addicted to Drones

Is the allure of war by remote control the root cause of America's dangerously unbalanced foreign policy?

BY MICAH ZENKO | OCTOBER 1, 2010