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Laurence Tribe has proposed a novel argument to assert that a sitting president can be indicted. Because I feel so strongly otherwise, and because I have such regard for Professor Tribe, I want to reply ...
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Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
Why Didn’t Parliament Vote on the Brexit Deal?
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Editor’s Note: Minor powers, rebel groups, and other organizations often act as proxies for more powerful states or groups, which use them to fight (or commit) terrorism, counter rival regimes, or otherw...
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Last week, Senator Mark Warner of Virginia addressed a crowd at the Center for New American Security (CNAS), offering what he called a “New Doctrine for Cyberwarfare & Information Operations.” Sen. Warne...
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Starting with Yemen, Jen Patja Howell shared an episode of the Lawfare Podcast featuring a discussion on the origins and potential outcomes of the war in Yemen with Gregory Johnsen, Daniel Byman and Benj...
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Yesterday, on Dec. 13, the Senate made history. By a vote of 56-41, it adopted S.J. Res. 54, a bipartisan joint resolution that directs U.S. forces to withdraw from “hostilities” in Yemen not related to ...
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The special counsel's office has filed a reply to Michael Flynn's sentencing memo. The document is available here and below.
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A seven-year-old girl died of dehydration and shock after being taken to a U.S. border control facility, reports the Washington Post. The girl and her father were part of a group of more than 160 migrant...
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In July 2017, we began a polling project to measure public confidence in government institutions on national security matters on an ongoing basis. This post provides our data for the month of November 20...
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The meeting between President Trump and President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires kicked off a slew of activity on the trade war front. On Dec. 1, the two leaders agreed to a 90-day truce du...
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Not all of the material in the dossier has been proven. But none has been disproven. As a raw intelligence document, the Steele dossier holds up well.
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A review of James Loeffler, “Rooted Cosmopolitans: Jews and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century” (Yale UP, 2018)
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With whom have we not spent heart-warming hours there, looking out...
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Maria Butina, a Russian gun rights activist arrested in July for involvement in an alleged conspiracy to influence U.S. politics, pleaded guilty to one conspiracy charge on Thursday, reports the Washingt...
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Maria Butina, a Russian national arrested in July for involvement in an alleged conspiracy to influence U.S. politics, pleaded guilty to one conspiracy charge on Thursday. The plea agreement and statemen...
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On Dec. 4, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo brought an end to weeks of ambiguity by finally laying out the administration’s plans for the future of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty—or at ...
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This piece is cross-posted at Just Security.
President Trump has submitted only one treaty to the Senate so far in his presidency. That is a historic low, and it is the latest sign that the Article II ...
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There have been big moves in the Russia investigation. We'll put this week’s pieces together. U.S. tensions with China escalate following the arrest of a senior Chinese telecom executive. And the Saudi c...
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The detention of a top executive from Chinese technology giant Huawei shocked financial markets around the world last week as investors worried that the arrest would derail U.S.-China trade talks. But th...
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A gunman killed three people and wounded at least 13 others at a Christmas market in Strasbourg, France on Tuesday, reports the Washington Post. Police have said that the attacker, who is still at large,...
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Interested in the views of Once and Future Attorney General Bill Barr on questions like the power of the president to initiate a war, remove officials, and other hot separation of powers topics? We read...
