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Great Power Competition and Internal Politics in Asia, Then and Now
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The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
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The Lawfare Podcast: Tchau, Bolsonaro? What to Make of Brazil's Election Results with Brian Winter
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Cyber Insurance and Cybersecurity Policy: An Interconnected History
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A Tale of Two Strategies: Comparing the Biden and Trump National Security Strategies
Reading the National Security Strategy on its own provides insights into an administration’s values and priorities, but comparing it to a previous strategy yields even more. How does Biden’s strategy com... -
Chatter: Cryptography in History and in the Movies with Vince Houghton
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The Lawfare Podcast: Israeli Election Results with Natan Sachs
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Water Wars: U.S. Unveils First Pacific Islands Partnership Strategy
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Canada’s New Sanctions Against Iran: To List or Not to List
In our assessment, targeted sanctions on Iran are more likely to have an impact than is designating the IRGC as a terrorist entity. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Should the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Militias Be Designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations?
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Rational Security 2.0: The 'Happy Hallowmas' Edition
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A Lurking Threat: State Emergency Powers in Elections
The authority to both define state emergencies and exercise state statutory emergency powers rests almost entirely with America’s governors. When emergencies—real or supposed—and elections intersect, sta... -
Incentivizing High-Performing Cybersecurity Programs in the Banking Sector
Recent cyberattacks targeting financial institutions highlight the need for a high-performing cybersecurity program across the banking sector; voluntary programs modeled after anti-terrorism public-priva... -
Wyden Releases Reports on DHS Surveillance and Interrogation of Portland Protestors
A recently released report from the Office of Intelligence and Analysis with revised redactions reveals deficiencies in the Department of Homeland Security’s 2020 operations in Portland, Oregon. -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Coming Soon: TwitTok!
The latest episode of the Cyberlaw Podcast. -
International Criminal Court Resumes Investigation Into Afghanistan
In an Oct. 31 decision the International Criminal Court’s Pre-Trial Chamber II found that the government of Afghanistan failed to properly investigate alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes commi... -
Taking the Pelosi Attack Seriously
Coverage of the incident seems to have downplayed the significance of a kidnapping attempt and possibly even an assassination attempt against the speaker of the House, the woman third in line to the pres... -
The Lawfare Podcast: The Biden Administration's Grand Strategy in Three Documents, with Richard Fontaine
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Correcting Our Errors
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The Facial Recognition Act: A Promising Path to Put Guardrails on a Dangerously Unregulated Surveillance Technology
There’s consensus in Congress that facial recognition needs to be reined in, but not nearly enough action to bring about effective rules. A new bill could jump-start the debate and move the nation toward...
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The Now: Anna Bower's Signal Exchange with Lindsey Halligan
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Scaling Laws: Sen. Scott Wiener on California Senate Bill 53
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