John Mueller

John Mueller is professor of political science at Ohio State University. Together with Mark Stewart, he is the author of the recently published Terror, Security, and Money: Balancing the Risks, Costs, and Benefits of Homeland Security (Oxford University Press, 2011).


Essays

Security

Israel's Fight-or-Flight Response

| 10.30.08

A nuclear Iran may not be the biggest threat to Israel. Fear is a danger in and of itself.

Security

Apocalypse Later

| 11.12.07
Security

Apocalypse When?

| 11.12.07
Security

Radioactive Hype

| 08.29.07

Public enemies are unlikely to obtain nuclear weapons, despite widespread fears to the contrary.

Society

Harbinger or Aberration?: A 9/11 Provocation

| 09.01.02

The attacks on Washington and New York were the first of their kind; they may also be the last. A case against rushing to conclusions.

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Blog Posts

Security

Embracing Threatlessness

| 01.31.12

War on a massive scale is increasingly unlikely. Washington should stop spending as if it were around the corner.

Politics

Terror Tipsters

| 01.24.12

Why the Department of Homeland Security may be the only one benefitting from "If You See Something, Say Something" campaigns.

Politics

New Year Brings Good News on Terrorism: Experts Wrong Again

| 01.03.12

Top foreign-policy experts are wrong yet again. They should be held accountable for flawed, flip, foolish or fatuous predictions.

Politics

Newt Gingrich and the EMP Threat

| 12.13.11

Why you should ignore Newt's breast-beating on the overblown EMP threat to national security.

Politics

Will Obama’s Libya “Victory” Aid Re-Election Bid?

| 12.01.11

The American public does not seem to be interested in rewarding—or even remembering—foreign-policy success.

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