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And the Winner Is….
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The battle for Aleppo has ended, with government forces now finally in control of the beleaguered city. Rebel forces agreed to a ceasefire on Tuesday afternoon in order to evacuate both civilians and reb...
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In less than a week, members of the Electoral College will cast their votes. Ten of them have written James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, to ask for a classified briefing to review the...
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By now it seems clear, at a minimum, that the Intelligence Community has reached consensus that Russia was the source of the infiltration of the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign tha...
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A review of Jens David Ohlin and Larry May's Necessity in International Law (Oxford University Press, 2016).
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After weeks of speculation and a highly public interview process, President-elect Donald Trump has selected current Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be named Secretary of State.
Secretary of State: Exxo...
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The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court may soon decide whether the First Amendment requires it to release its major opinions and orders dating back to the September 11 attacks.
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Assad Regime Nears Victory in Aleppo, but Retreats from Palmyra
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Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz.
Donald Trump’s election places in immediate peril the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) reached by Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Ger...
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Too busy to read the 100-page Presidential Commission on Enhancing National Security report on what the next administration should do about cybersecurity? No worries. Episode 142 features a surprisingl...
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Debate over Russian influence in the presidential election continued to heat up over the weekend after Friday’s announcement that President Obama had ordered a review of the Kremlin’s role in the campaign.
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The 2016 election has sharpened debate around the reauthorization of Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which will sunset in 2017. A new report by the Center for a New American Security (CNA...
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The aggregate sequence of events over the last few days involving Donald Trump, the intelligence community, the Russian Federation, and the still-unannounced naming of Exxon Mobile’s Rex Tillerson as our...
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On Sunday, December 11th, Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins issued the following statement on the pretrial hearings to be conducted in the USS Cole case over the course of this week. The...
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The Israeli government’s deadline to comply with a court-imposed order to demolish Amona, an illegal Israeli outpost in the West Bank, has spurred proposed legislation that aims to “legalize” many other ...
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Editor’s Note: President Obama, in his rhetoric at least, emphasized trying to prevent people from joining terrorist groups in the first place as well as killing and arresting suspected terrorists. Progr...
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The Lawfare Podcast has made it to our 200th episode! Thank you to all our listeners, old and new.
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On Monday, the White House released a major report on the legal and policy frameworks guiding U.S. use of military force. Benjamin Wittes provided his thoughts on the report, and Chris Mirasola and Helen...
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The court reconvenes for the last open session this week, with KSM and Hawsawi still absent. After military judge Colonel James Pohl establishes that the two voluntarily waived their presence, David Nevi...
