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U.S.-China relations, never simple, are likely to be further complicated by the expected landslide election tomorrow of Tsai Ing-wen as the new president of the Republic of China on Taiwan. Tsai is the c...
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Having participated last month in a trip facilitated by Academic Exchange and the Yitzhak Rabin Center, I have now had time to try to put some of what we heard and observed in context. The trip was an in...
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ISIS has claimed responsibility for a suicide assault outside of a Starbucks cafe in Jakarta, Indonesia, in what would be its first attack in the most populous Muslim country. The gunfire exchange and su...
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A few months ago, we wrote a lengthy piece about the possibility that Apple could face civil liability for providing end-to-end encryption to criminals and terrorists. We got a lot of heat for this piece...
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Tired of CISA, yet? We’re almost done, I promise. For those who can’t get enough, a recap:
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There’s an interesting IHL angle to Iran’s seizure and subsequent release of ten American sailors in the Persian Gulf: As several observers have already noted, publishing photographs and videos of the sa...
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Obama delivers his final State of the Union address; we discuss all of the fun parts related to security and ignore the rest. Iran delivers ten sailors back into U.S. custody after briefly detaining them...
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“I will keep working to shut down the prison at Guantanamo: it’s expensive, it’s unnecessary, and it only serves as a recruitment brochure for our enemies,” said President Obama in his final State of the...
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Jack's depressing experience with OPM has prompted me to share my own sad tale. Like Jack, I too got a condolence letter from the Acting Director of OPM. I noted, too, that she shared my frustration an...
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Imagine you are the head of an international medical humanitarian organization with extensive operations in Yemen. Your organization provides life-saving care to civilians and wounded fighters hors de co...
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How do you graduate as a conservative with two Harvard degrees? We learn this and much more from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), our guest for episode 96 . We dive deep with the Senator on the 215 metadata progr...
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Last night, President Obama reassured lawmakers eager to return to the presidential campaign (“some of you are antsy to get back to Iowa”) that he would make his final State of the Union “a little shorte...
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We watched the State of the Union so you don’t have to.
With an eye towards the national security sections of the speech, we’ve selected the parts we think are most relevant to Lawfare readers, organizi...
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This installment, let’s examine the following questions:
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Andrew Lebovich comes on the show to discuss the various jihadi groups that have been active in Mali over the past few years. Some of the topics covered include:
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I'm very excited to announce that the Strauss Center at UT-Austin is launching a new education-and-research program we are calling "Integrated Cybersecurity Studies," and that we are marking the occasion...
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This morning, a suicide bomber killed 10 people and wounded at least 15 others in Istanbul’s historic district in an attack the Turkish government has attributed to ISIS. The 10 people murdered in the at...
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I expected to hear from OPM after the data breach because it directed at least two of my background checks for security clearances while I was in government. Many acquaintances received notices. But I ...
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In reference to my application for digital residency in Estonia, I received the following email last week:
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