P.W. Singer: Articles


	BIOGRAPHY
	BOOKS
	ARTICLES > Most Recent > Wired for War > Private Military Firms > Child Soliders > US-Muslim World Relations > Defense Issues > Other Topics
	COMMENTARY
	LINKS & RESOURCES
	NEWS & EVENTS
	CONTACT



MOST RECENT ARTICLES


War of the Robots — All Too Real Questions We Have to Ask Nieman Watchdog January 17, 2010 Robotique: La révolution est en marche (pdf) Défense & Sécurité Internationale N.55, Janvier 2010, p. 34-36 New Year's Resolutions for the Pentagon Washington Examiner December 22, 2009 Why Hollywood Security Is Better Than The Pentagon's CNN.com December 21, 2009 Video Game Veterans and the New American Politics Washington Examiner November, 17 2009 A Revolution Once More: Unmanned Systems and the Middle East (Arabic Translation PDF) Future Horizon Nov. 1, 2009, pp. 83-87

WIRED FOR WAR



War of the Robots — All Too Real Questions We Have to Ask Nieman Watchdog January 17, 2010 Robotique: La révolution est en marche (pdf) Défense & Sécurité Internationale N.55, Janvier 2010, p. 34-36 A Revolution Once More: Unmanned Systems and the Middle East (Arabic Translation PDF) Future Horizon Nov. 1, 2009, pp. 83-87 War Games (pdf) FHM November 2009 Wired for War: the future of military robots Wired (UK) August 28, 2009 Tactical Generals: Leaders, Technology, and the Perils of Battlefield Micromanagement Air and Space Power Journal Summer 2009 Attack of the Drones The National (UAE) June 27, 2009 The Rise of the Tactical General Armed Forces Journal June 2009 Gaming the Robot Revolution Slate May 22, 2009 Wired For War or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Let Dystopian SF Movies Inspire our Military Bots H+ Plus May 20, 2009 Asimov's Laws of Robotics Are Total BS Gizmodo May 18, 2009 We’re Inventing the Future Washingtonian Magazine May 2009 Robots at War Popular Science April 7, 2009 The 3 Laws May Not Be Enough To Guide Robot Warriors io9 April 1, 2009 Wired for War: Author Explains Revolution in Robotics, Scares Crap Out of Us Gizmodo March 23, 2009 Q&A with P.W. Singer National Post March 16, 2009 Q&A: The robot wars have arrived CNET: Planetary Gear Blog March 12, 2009 Robots and the Rise of 'Tactical Generals' Defense News March 9, 2009 @ Brookings Podcast February 16, 2009 Wired for War? Robots and Military Doctrine Joint Forces Quarterly Winter 2009, issue 52, p. 104-110 Military Robots and the Laws of War The New Atlantis Winter 2009 Inside the Rise of the Warbots Wired.com February 4, 2009 American Killing Machines Los Angeles Times January 30, 2009 Military 2.0: Should You Fear the Killer Robots? Mother Jones January 29, 2009 In the Loop? Armed Robots and the Future of War Defense Industry Daily January 28, 2009 Prepare for the Robot Wars: Six questions for P.W. Singer, author of Wired for War Harper's January 27, 2009

PRIVATE MILITARY FIRMS


Militares Privados: Beneficios Vs Politica Publica. Politica Exterior Septiembre 2008, p. 65-78 Outsourcing The Fight Forbes June 5, 2008 Lessons Not Learned: Contracting Out Iraqi Army Advising The Brookings Institution May 12, 2008 The Roger Clemens of War Wired.com December 14, 2007 Counterproductive Armed Forces Journal November, 2007 Seven Questions: The Hired Guns of Iraq Foreign Policy October, 2007 Outlook: Break the Blackwater Habit Washington Post Oct 8, 2007 Les Etats-Unis et les societes militaries privees La Defense, p. 22-24. Septembre-Octobre, 2007 Private Military Firms Encarta Sure, He's Got Guns for Hire. But They're Just Not Worth It. Washington Post Oct 7, 2007 The dark truth about Blackwater Salon.com Oct 2, 2007 'Can't Win With 'Em, Can't Go to War Without 'Em': Six Questions for P.W. Singer Harpers.org Sept 30, 2007 Banned in Baghdad Wired.com Sept 17, 2007 Can't Win With 'Em, Can't Go To War Without 'Em: Private Military Contractors and Counterinsurgency Brookings Institute Sept 27, 2007 Frequently Asked Questions on the UCMJ Change and its Applicability to Private Military Contractors January 12, 2007 The Law Catches Up To Private Militaries, Embeds Defence Tech January 3, 2007 Humanitarian Principles, Private Military Agents: Some Implications of the Privatized Military Industry for the Humanitarian Community Resetting the Rules of Engagement: Trends and Issues in Military–Humanitarian Relations February 2006 Outsourcing War Foreign Affairs 3/1/2005 The Contract the Military Needs to Break The Washington Post 9/12/2004 Should Humanitarians Use Private Military Services? Humanitarian Affairs Review Summer 2004 Nation Builders and Low Bidders in Iraq The New York Times 6/15/2004 Beyond the Law The Guardian (UK) 5/3/2004 Outsourcing the War Salon.com 4/16/2004 The Humanitarian Transformation: Expanding Global Intervention Capacity written with Michael E. O'Hanlon Survival Spring 2004 War, Profits, and the Vacuum of Law: Privatized Military Firms and International Law Columbia Journal of Transnational Law Spring 2004 Warriors for Hire in Iraq Salon.com 4/15/2004 The Dogs of War Go Corporate The London News Review 3/19/2004 The Enron Pentagon The Boston Globe 10/19/2003 Have Guns, Will Travel The New York Times 7/21/2003 Peacekeepers, Inc. Policy Review June 2003 The Ultimate Military Entrepreneur Military History Quarterly Spring 2003 Corporate Warriors: The Rise and Ramifications of the Privatized Military Industry International Security 1/1/2002 Arguments Against Federalization Flimsy The Balitmore Sun 11/7/2001 Some Things Just Can't Be Handed Off Los Angeles Times 10/25/2001

Back to Top
CHILD SOLIDERS


Los Nuevos Niños Soldados de la Guerra Air and Space Power Journal Espanol Spring 2008 Children at War Military History September, 2007 Young Soldiers Used in Conflicts Around the World Washingtonpost.com 6/12/2006 The New Children of Terror The Making of a Terrorist: Recruitment, Training, and Root Causes December 2005 The New Faces of War American Educator Winter 2005 Tragic Challenge of Child Soldiers USA Today 3/30/2005 Terrorists Must Be Denied Child Recruits Financial Times 1/20/2005 Western Militaries Confront Child Soldiers Threat Jane's Intelligence Review January 2005 Too Young to Kill Newhouse News Service 1/9/2005 Talk Is Cheap: Getting Serious About Preventing Child Soldiers Cornell International Law Journal Winter 2004 Fighting Child Soldiers Military Review May 2003 Facing Saddam's Child Soldiers Iraq Memo #8 1/14/2003 Children at War Veterans Vision Fall 2002 Child Soldiers Voice of America 4/25/2002 Fighting Child Soldiers NPR's All Things Considered 4/10/2002 Caution: Children at War Parameters 12/1/2001

Back to Top
US-MUSLIM WORLD RELATIONS


To Win the "War on Terror," We Must First Win the "War of Ideas": Here's How (link to pdf) The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science July 2008, p. 212-222 What Do You Call a Terror(Jihad)ist? Brookings Institution June 13, 2008 America's New Leadership: Reboot and Restart Special to Washingtonpost.com's Think Tank Town Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Engaging the Muslim World: A Communications Strategy for Winning the War of Ideas (Translated into Arabic) written with Hady Amr Opportunity ’08 – A Project of Brookings In Partnership with ABC News April 2007 America, Islam, and the 9-11 War(pdf) Current History December 2006 9/11 Plus 5: Hope Not Hate? The Brookings Institution September 7, 2006 War Names (pdf) The Asian Age (New Delhi) August 23, 2006 The 9-11 War Plus 5: Looking Back and Looking Forward at U.S.-Islamic World Relations (pdf) (Link to html summary) Brookings Institution September 2006 Leaders Effect Change Doha, Qatar 2/18/2006 Science and Technology in U.S. Relations with the Islamic World Executive Summary 1/5/2005 Bridging the Divide The Role of the American Muslim Community in U.S. Relations with the Wider Islamic World 12/13/2004 Conference on Islamic Reform 10/5/2004 The War on Terrorism: The Big Picture Parameters Summer 2004 6 Guidelines to Improve American Public Diplomacy written with Hady Amr The Daily Star (Beirut) 2/28/2004 U.S.-Islamic World Forum 1/10/2004 The Crisis Within the Crisis Al Jazeerah August 2003 America Slams the Door (On Its Foot): Washington's Destructive New Visa Policies written with John N. Paden Foreign Affairs May 2003 Postscript: A New Model Afghan Army, Anja Manuel Foreign Affairs December 2002 2002 Doha Conference 10/19/2002 Time for Hard Choices: The Dilemmas Facing U.S. Relations with the Islamic World Analysis Paper #1 October 2002 A New Model Afghan Army written with Anja Manuel Foreign Affairs July 2002 Iraq Can Wait Till Phase 1 is Done The Baltimore Sun 3/19/2002 Now What? St. Louis Post-Dispatch 11/15/2001

Back to Top
DEFENSE ISSUES


New Year's Resolutions for the Pentagon Washington Examiner December 22, 2009 Why Hollywood Security Is Better Than The Pentagon's CNN.com December 21, 2009 Video Game Veterans and the New American Politics Washington Examiner November, 17 2009 How to Steal from Our Troops: The Annual Defense Budget Raid Washington Examiner October, 20 2009 From Cropdusting to Counterinsurgency? Washington Examiner September 22, 2009 Fueling the "Balance": A Defense Energy Strategy Primer Brookings Institute August 25, 2009 Fueling Our Security: The Need for a Defense Energy Strategy Brookings Institute August 25, 2009 Who’s afraid of the big, bad Chinese aircraft carrier? Washington Examiner July 28, 2009 *How The Real World* Ended "Don't Ask Don't Tell"** Brookings Foreign Policy Paper Number 6, August 2008 The Defence Challenges for the Next Commander-in-Chief RUSI: Royal United States Services Institue for Defense and Security Studies June 2008, Vol. 153, No. 3 Steering The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Program Off The Shoals Defense News May 19, 2008 Lessons Not Learned: Contracting Out Iraqi Army Advising The Brookings Institution May 12, 2008 A commander for Millennial military Gulf News May 11, 2008 How To Be All That You Can Be: A Look At The Pentagon’s Five Step Plan For Making Iron Man Real The Brookings Institution May 02, 2008 A Commander in Chief for Generation Y Originally published as “Train and Protect Those Who Serve Us”, Miami Herald April 8, 2008 Interview with ABC’s Martha Raddatz on Military Readiness ABC News December 19, 2007 Bent But Not Broken: The Military Challenge for the Next Commander in Chief Opportunity ’08 – A Project of Brookings In Partnership with ABC News March 2007 Mike Tyson and the Hornet's Nest: Military Lessons of the Lebanon Crisis The Brookings Institution August 1, 2006 Arming Kabul, Disarming Cabals written with Anja Manuel foreignaffairs.org 9/22/2004 New Thinking on Transatlantic Security: Terrorism, NATO, and Beyond (Speech) Weltpolitik 1/15/2003 Who's the Big Winner? All Services Likely to Reap Rewards Defense News 12/18/2001

Back to Top
OTHER TOPICS


How to get a job in the foreign-policy world Foreign Policy Passport November 12, 2007 AIDS and International Security Survival (Volume 44, no. 1) 4/1/2002
Back to Top