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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley said the U.S. has “no risk-free options” regarding North Korea’s nuclear program and called the prospect of war on the Korean peninsula “horrific,” CNN reported. Secretary... -
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Remarks on Encryption
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein delivered the following remarks about encryption on Tuesday at the U.S. Naval Academy. The following is his speech as prepared for delivery: Thank you, Professor ... -
Trump to Decertify Iran Deal, U.S. and Turkey Cut Off Travel Visas, Saudi Arabia Scores Arms Deals with Russia and United States
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U.S. Criticism of China’s Cybersecurity Law and the Nexus of Data Privacy and Trade Law
China has made rapid progress over the past two years towards developing a legal framework governing cyberspace. -
Why the Plight of the John Doe Enemy Combatant Should Alarm You
For months, Ben and I have teasingly harkened back to the halcyon days when we used to disagree more often—when the relatively modest real estate between our respective views on U.S. national security la... -
Jesner v. Arab Bank: The Supreme Court Should Not Miss the Opportunity to Clarify the “Touch and Concern” Test
In Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, the Supreme Court held that the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) is presumed not to apply to conduct on the territory of another country unless the plaintiff’s claims “touch a... -
Why I’m Not Panicked About That American Citizen Being Held in Military Custody
The detention by U.S. forces of a still-unnamed ISIS fighter who turned himself over to a U.S.-allied militia in Syria a few weeks ago has sparked cries of alarm that hark back to the early days of the p... -
Reflecting on the Senate Intelligence Committee's Russia Update
Last week, on our feed at Foreign Policy, we gave seven takeaways from the press conference on the Russia investigation that Sens. Richard Burr and Mark Warner, the heads of the Senate intelligence commi... -
Reframing the Debate: A Response to Ryan Goodman’s Memo to the Human Rights Community
Ryan Goodman recently wrote a post in Just Security titled “Why the Laws of War Apply to Drone Strikes Outside ‘Areas of Active Hostilities’ (A Memo to the Human Rights Community).” Its main point is tha... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Turkey and the United States announced they were reciprocally suspending most visitor visas for travelers going between their countries, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. The U.S. embassy in Ankara... -
The Week That Will Be
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The Real ‘Unmasking’ Scandal Could Be Yet to Come
Within the pantheon of Trump administration scandals, the manufactured uproar over “unmasking” came and went quicker than most. It was last spring that White House officials, working in tandem with House...
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