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President Trump unveils his plan for Afghanistan. Cyber Command gets a boost. And Steve Bannon is out at the White House. Plus, we're getting all kinds of schwag. And Shane makes a family visit.
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Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin, the commander of the Navy’s 7th Fleet, has been relieved due to a “loss of confidence,” reports the Wall Street Journal. Four ships in his fleet have been involved in major in...
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President Trump’s remarks on his administration’s “winning in Afghanistan” strategy were thin on details. In particular, Trump said little to resolve the nearly 16-year debate about the United States’ pr...
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Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz.
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In March of last year, before Donald Trump was officially the Republican nominee for president, I raised on this site what I described as “a question I think [Lawfare] readers . . . need to consider seri...
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Never a dull moment in 2017. In this week’s episode, Professors Vladeck and Chesney take on four topics (well, four relevant topics…do try to stay with them past their musings on home runs at the Little ...
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AJIL Unbound, which supplements the American Journal of International Law’s print edition by publishing short, original essays online, today posted a symposium on sovereignty, cyber operations, and the T...
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Plausible hypotheticals sparked by recent events raise the question whether the Secretary of Defense or someone else high up in the chain of command must obey a presidential order he or she deems deeply ...
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The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5-7 pm on Monday, September 11, when Jack Goldsmith will interview Ooona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro, professors at Ya...
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President Donald Trump recommitted the U.S. to the ongoing war in Afghanistan on Monday night, reports the AP. “We are not nation-building again. We are killing terrorists.” Without disclosing how many a...
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Spain Reeling from Terrorist Attacks, Islamic State Claims Credit
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After much soul-searching, President Donald Trump intends to order the deployment of more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. Although he avoided giving a specific number of troops in his speech to the nation Mo...
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In the last year, it appears that the vehicle has become a new “weapon of choice” for international terrorists. Whether a cargo truck deliberately driven into the crowds of people celebrating Bastille Da...
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A U.S. guided missile destroyer collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Singapore on Sunday. Five sailors were injured and ten are missing after the USS John S.
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Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
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Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Brigadier General Mark Martins released the following statement on Saturday on the occasion of last week's military commissions hearings in the case of Abd al Hadi a...
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With biannual joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises set to begin on Monday, the temperature on the Korean Peninsula has cooled, if only slightly, following a recent escalation in rhetoric between Pre...
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Editor’s Note: The neo-Nazi protests in Charlottesville and the killing of a counter-protester highlighted to Americans what terrorism watchers have long known: Right-wing extremism in the United States ...
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Friday morning, the White House announced it will elevate Cyber Command to a full unified combatant command. Within 60 days, the Secretary of Defense will recommend whether Cyber Command should also be s...
