Barack Obama

Drones

Keeping up with killer technology

Drones have only been around for a couple of decades, but already, they're reshaping the contours of conflict and raising ethical quandaries. President Barack Obama launched more than 500 drone strikes during his tenure, 10 times more than President George W. Bush. But Obama's drones strikes killed far fewer civilians than did Bush's intervention in Iraq. Still, how much should drones and robotics be used in conflict, and when, and what unintended consequences might this unleash? Peter Singer, Strategist at the New America Foundation and author of "Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century" talks with The World's Jeb Sharp.
Keeping up with killer technology
Shenzhen Maker Faire, June 2015

Maker Movement meets China

The Maker Movement started to reconnect Americans with the creativity and joy that comes from making things with your hands, after years of outsourcing manufacturing jobs. It's now been embraced by dozens of countries, including China. And in China, factory of the world for decades, what does the Maker Movement mean? Depends whether you're a Maker, or a government official — and therein lies the rub.
Maker Movement meets China
Rebecca MacKinnon, director of New America Foundation's "Ranking Digital Rights" project

Protecting internet rights in an age of anxiety

How are we, and the rest of the world, doing in striking the right balance between protecting Internet rights and serving national security concerns? How much should citizens in democracies get a say in what that balance is? Rebecca MacKinnon, a former CNN correspondent in China and now director of the New America Foundation's "Ranking Digital Rights Project," weighs in.
Protecting internet rights in an age of anxiety
Simon Vaut

Europe and the World Stage

German political strategist Simon Vaut on the European Union and global politics.
Europe and the World Stage
Vintage Postcard of Cruise from Miami to Havana

America and Cuba: After the Thaw

President Obama's announcement to begin normalizing relations with Cuba marks the most significant change in US policy toward the island nation in a half century. But as America looks to make it easier to travel to the country and establish more economic ties, what does that mean for the average Cuban or Cuban American?
America and Cuba: After the Thaw