Appearances ← Joshua Foust

Quoted in Business Insider

May

2013

Business Insider’s Michael Kelley quoted me extensively in this article on why targeted killings came to dominate Obama’s counterterrorism policy. “The outcry over extraordinary rendition — which was how President Bush went about capturing and interrogating a lot of these suspected individuals — was incredibly unpopular … abroad [and] in the U.S.,” Foust said. “Frankly, killing people ...

The OpenGlobal Show, Episode 1

Apr

2013

I was a guest on the inaugural episode of The Open Global Show, a product of the Canadian International Council. Panelists: Ivan Sigal, Executive Director, Global Voices Joshua Foust, International affairs writer, analyst, and columnist for PBS Katherine Maher, Director of strategy and engagement at the digital rights organization Access Segments: 1. Yesterday: Was the ...

Talking to the Loopcast about drones

Apr

2013

Last night I spoke with Loopcast’s Sina Kashefipour about drones. You can listen below: <div> <audio controls=”controls” id=”auidoplayerhtml5podbeanc6aa0fbf122664744b336abbc7563b85″> <source src=”http://theloopcast.podbean.com/mf/play/38cdd/Episode20.mp3″ type=”audio/mpeg” autoplay=”no”> Your browser does not support the audio element. </audio> <script type=”text/javascript”> var audioTag = document.createElement(‘audio’); if (!(!!(audioTag.canPlayType) && (“no” != audioTag.canPlayType(“audio/mpeg”)) && (“” != audioTag.canPlayType(“audio/mpeg”)))) { document.getElementById(‘auidoplayerhtml5podbeanc6aa0fbf122664744b336abbc7563b85′).parentNode.removeChild(document.getElementById(‘auidoplayerhtml5podbeanc6aa0fbf122664744b336abbc7563b85′)); document.write(‘<object classid=”clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000″ codebase=”http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0″ width=”210″ height=”25″ id=”mp3playerlightsmallv3″ ...

Interviewed in The Telegraph

Apr

2013

I’m quoted in this Rob Crilly story about UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson’s comments on the legality of drone strikes. In an interview with CNN, Mr Emmerson, the UN’s special rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights, said: “If it is lawful for the US to drone al-Qaeda associates wherever they find them, then it is also ...

Sky News Arabia Segment on Drones in America

Apr

2013

I was on Sky News Arabia to talk about the issues of drones, privacy, and civil liberties in America. The full segment, in Arabic, is below.

Huffington Post Live Segment on Drones and Assassination

Mar

2013

I was on a Huffington Post Live segment today about drones and assassination. Watch here:

Urdu VOA: Access Point with Ayesha Tanzeem

Mar

2013

I appeared yesterday on VOA-Urdu’s Access Point with Ayesha Tanzeem to talk about the Iran-Pakistan pipeline and the U.S. response. In English; Urdu-language post here.

Interviewed in the Fiscal Times

Feb

2013

David Francis of The Fiscal Times interviewed me for an article about the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Joshua Foust, a fellow with the American Security Project, says that funding the Afghan military is throwing money at an ineffective fighting force. “The International Security Assistance Force [the NATO umbrella] ranked only one of the 20 brigades as ...

Interviewed in the L.A. Times

Feb

2013

I spoke with The Los Angeles Times’ Shashank Bengali this week about why drone strikes in Afghanistan rose sharply in 2012. “With fewer troops, and even with fewer manned aircraft flying overhead, it’s harder to get traditional support in combat missions,” said Joshua Foust, a Washington-based analyst who has advised the U.S. military in Afghanistan. ...

Quoted in UPI

Feb

2013

I’m quoted in this UPI piece about drones in Afghanistan. “With fewer troops, and even with fewer manned aircraft flying overhead, it’s harder to get traditional support in combat missions,” said Joshua Foust, an analyst in Washington who has advised the U.S. military in Afghanistan. “Drones provide a good way to do that without importing ...