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In a previous post, I argued that the organization of Al Qaeda declined even as the movement it championed remains robust.
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On Wednesday, July 12, Jack Goldsmith will interview Graham Allison on his new book, Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides's Trap?
The White House is reportedly reading it; you shoul...
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When President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, the White House quickly stepped up to slime Comey. Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that "The President, over the last several ...
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In a statement released late last night, the White House announced that the Syrian government appeared to be preparing to use chemical weapons and warned that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would “pay...
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On Saturday, I sketched out six possible outcomes of the Supreme Court’s review of the travel ban cases. The Justices chose door number seven. In an unsigned, per curiam opinion, the Court granted certio...
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Al Qaeda’s power and influence have fallen considerably from its peak in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, but several well-respected analysts suggest the group remains strong and may resurge....
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Curtis Bradley and I have completed a 23-page Supplement to the new edition of our casebook, Foreign Relations Law: Cases a
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During a back-and-forth on Lawfare with Steve Vladeck a few months ago, I suggested that Hernandez v.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee convened two panels today for a hearing on Section 702 reauthorization.
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A review of Curtain of Lies: The Battle over Truth in Stalinist Eastern Europe by Melissa Feinberg (Oxford Univ. Press, 2017).
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Saudi Arabia’s Rising Star Skips ahead in Order of Succession
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According to recent reports, the United States and Russia are quietly discussing establishing a so-called “safe zone” in southern Syria.
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As The Independent is reporting this morning, it appears that Ukraine is under a sustained cyber assault: "Ukraine’s national bank, state power company and largest airport are among the targets of a huge...
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Today, Hachette is publishing the paperback edition of my history of Obama-era national-security legal policymaking, Power Wars, which is also replacing the text future e-book buyers will receive. I have...
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Our guest, Ellen Nakashima, was coauthor of a Washington Post article that truly is a first draft of history, though not a chapter the Obama administration is likely to be proud of. She and Greg Miller ...
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A brief reaction to the travel-ban litigation, and to the end of the Supreme Court’s Term generally: Article II conservatism is alive and well. Let me explain.
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The Supreme Court granted a partial stay of the preliminary injunctions suspending enforcement of President Trump’s executive order, which temporarily banned travelers from six majority Muslim nations an...
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Recent reports indicate that President Trump has considered attempting to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller—or, given applicable legal constraints, to instruct Rod Rosenstein, the acting attorney gener...
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