THE decision by the United States
and Israel to develop and then
deploy the Stuxnet computer
worm against an Iranian nuclear
facility late in George W Bush's
presidency marked a significant and
dangerous turning point in the gradual
militarisation of the...
AMONG economists who
know their history, the
mere mention of certain
years evokes shivers. For
example, three years ago
Christina Romer, then the head of
President Barack Obama's Council
of Economic Advisers, warned
politicians not to ...