Amy Zegart

List of Amy Zegart articles

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The Shortsighted Presidency

America's foreign policy is now trending on Twitter.

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John Moore/Getty Images

Criminal Minds

Why the FBI still isn't good at stopping terrorists.

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KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images

Wait, Did the System Just Work?

Congress performs oversight on drones -- and gets results.

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MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

No One Saw This Coming

How we've been surprised by our growing ability to predict things.

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Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The Fog of War Game

One-hundred sixty Stanford undergrads take on Iran.

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JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images

Tough Witness

John Brennan delivers a smart, but vague, performance.

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STEEN ULRIK JOHANNESSEN/AFP/Getty Images
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Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Transportation SNAFU Administration

Talking points for your holiday TSA rant.

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VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images

Spooks, Incorporated

Does every company need its own CIA?

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Win McNamee/Getty Images

King David

Why generals shouldn't run the CIA.

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Ed Jones/AFP/GettyImages

Nate Silver vs. Kim Jong Un

Why we can't figure out what North Korea will do next.

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CHARLES DHARAPAK/AFP/Getty Images

Interrogation Techniques

What Bob Schieffer can learn from the CIA.

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AFP/Getty Images

Failing History

Why hasn’t the CIA learned anything from the Cuban missile crisis?

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SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images

Torture Creep

Why are more Americans accepting Bush-era policies than ever before?

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GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Langley Goes Hollywood

Are America's spies watching too many spy movies?

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Over the last few years, the United States has moved to limit China’s technological rise. U.S.-led sanctions have imposed unprecedented limits on Beijing’s access to advanced computing c...Show more

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 24: U.S. President Joe Biden (R) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi participate in a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on September 24, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden is hosting a Quad Leaders Summit later today with Prime Minister Modi, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide. (Photo by Sarahbeth Maney-Pool/Getty Images)
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Is America Making a Bad Bet on India?

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For decades, the U.S. foreign-policy establishment has made the assumption that India could serve as a partner as the United States jostles with China for power in the Indo-Pacific region. B...Show more

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