Author Archives: alexanderfogleman

The Dead Idea of American Populism

Posted on December 16, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

A few weeks ago, a friend sent a link to me and asked my thoughts on what was discussed within. The link turned out to be a series of articles from salon.com on the subject of populism and populist movements … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged American People, Campaigns and Elections, Citizens United v Federal Election Commission, funding limits, lobbyists, politics, Populism, Salon, spending caps, Supreme Court, term limits, United States, United States Supreme Court | Leave a comment

Bob Woodward on Journalism, War, and A Man Divided

Posted on December 3, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

On Tuesday November 30, the noted author Bob Woodward came to the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University to participate in a Q&A session. The topics ranged from Wikileaks to getting the truth from sources to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Policy Analysis, Politics | Tagged Afghanistan, Al Gore, Barack Obama, Bob Woodward, Elliot School, George Washington University, Iraq, Journalism, Obama's Wars, Pakistan, Sources, United States, War in Afghanistan (2001–present) | Leave a comment

Bob Woodward comes to town

Posted on November 30, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

I will be heading down to the Elliot School of International Affairs (at George Washington University) later this evening to hear Bob Woodward, author of All the President’s Men and Obama’s Wars, give a speech tonight. Look for an update … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bob Woodward, Elliot School, GWU, Obama, politics, Washington D.C. | Leave a comment

The more you (don’t) know

Posted on November 22, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

As part of my research for the International Studies Association (ISA) conference in March (see here) I have been looking into issues, technologies, and metric data on cyber security issues. The results are, for the common person, terrifying, and for … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Security, technology, Uncategorized | Tagged CACI, Computer security, Cyberwarfare, Dan Kaminsky, DNSSEC, Domain Name System Security Extensions, Georgia, ICANN, International Studies Association, Internet security, IPv4, IPv6, NSEC-3, Richard Clarke, Russia | 1 Comment

NookColor Unboxing!

Posted on November 16, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

Well, I finally got a chance to try out the NookColor, the newest iteration of Barnes and Noble’s e-readers. I have to say, it is one sexy device. The weight of the actual device feels great in-hand. It’s a little … Continue reading →

Posted in technology | Tagged Barnes and Noble, Color, ereaders, gadgets, nook, Technology, toys | Leave a comment

Obama’s India Trip Creates A New UN Question

Posted on November 8, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

As President Obama begins to wrap up his trip to India, the first leg of a 10-day Asia tour, he backed a proposal to add India to a new, permanent seat in the UN Security Council. This would be the … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Security, UN | Tagged Asia, Barack Obama, China, India, NEW DELHI, Pakistan, Security Council, UN Policy, United Nations, United Nations Security Council, United States | 1 Comment

Digg: What Went Wrong? (via nocachyblog)

Posted on November 5, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

This is an interesting post on some of the reasons digg may have gone downhill. For those of you which participate in the vast web of social media/news aggregation sites, you will understand the problems which cropped up when digg … Continue reading →

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In The Post-Election Wave of Destruction…A Third Way?

Posted on November 3, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

Now that we’ve all had our fill of the mid-term election results, the celebrations or somber walks home, and of course, the non-stop rounds of talking heads telling us how this is the start of a bright new era or … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | Tagged 2010, Barack Obama, Candidates, Christine O'Donnel, Democrats, Green Party, Independents, Know-Nothings, Libertarians, Midterm Elections, Rand Paul, Republicans, Ron Paul, Sharron Angle, Tea Party, Third Party | Leave a comment

Stewart/Colbert Go Establishment on America

Posted on October 30, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

Well, unfortunately I couldn’t make it to the Stewart/Colbert rally to restore sanity and/or fear. However The Nation (www.thenation.com ) is running a live stream of the event and NPR is posting updates via twitter. Also keep track of whatever … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture | Tagged Colbert, DC, March to Keep Fear Alive, rally, Rally to Restore Sanity, reddit, Stewart | Leave a comment

General Wesley Clark Speaks at GWU Elliot School

Posted on October 26, 2010 by alexanderfogleman

Last week I had the privilege of listening to General Wesley K Clark speak at the Banville Forum, a speaker series presented by the Elliot School of International Affairs at George Washington University. General Clark is a former NATO Supreme … Continue reading →

Posted in Global Security, Policy Analysis | Tagged Cold War, Elliot School of International Affairs, ESIA, future, George Washington University, GWU, history, military, Military–industrial complex, NATO, Osama Bin-Laden, Pakistan, security, strategy, United States, Warfare and Conflict, Wesley Clark | Leave a comment