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To Understand Russian Election Interference, Start with this Movie About Doping
In 2014, an amateur cyclist named Bryan Fogel had an eccentric idea for a film: He had just participated in a prestigious and grueling alpine stage race called the Haute Route in the Alps and had finishe... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
U.S. analysts believe that North Korea has produced miniaturized nuclear warheads capable of fitting inside its missiles, The Washington Post reports. Intelligence officials reached the conclusion in a c... -
The International Law of Anticipatory Self-Defense and U.S. Options in North Korea
North Korea tested a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile on July 4, rushing closer to posing a major nuclear threat to the United States. Just a few weeks later, on July 28, the Kim Jong Un reg... -
Assad Regime Strains Russian Ceasefires, Iran Responds to Trump’s Plans for Nuclear Deal, Israeli Officials Snared in Corruption Scandals
Russian-backed Ceasefires Falter in Syria Russia’s efforts to wind down the conflict in Western Syria were set back by renewed clashes over the past week. In recent months, Russia has sought to expand i... -
Proceedings Resume in United States v. al-Nashiri
Last week at the Guantanamo military commissions, proceedings resumed in the case of alleged USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri. Air Force Col. -
How Protecting Robert Mueller Could Harm Him
Robert Mueller has been a marked man since he was appointed to his current role. President Trump wasted no opportunity to announce his wish to be rid of this meddlesome special counsel. Likewise, Russian... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
North Korea pledged Monday to take “thousand-fold” revenge against the United States and to increase its nuclear arsenal in response to the U.N. Security Council’s unanimous approval of a new sanctions p... -
Separating NSA and CYBERCOM? Be Careful When Reading the GAO Report
The Government Accountability Office last week published a report that, among other things, weighs in on the pros and cons of the NSA/CYBERCOM “dual-hat” system (pursuant to which the director of the NSA... -
The Week That Will Be
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Your Voter Records Are Compromised. Can You Sue? Theories of Harm in Data-Breach Litigation
Last year, the Republican National Committee hired a firm called Deep Root Analytics to collect voter information. The firm accidentally exposed approximately 198 million personal voter records. This was... -
A (Qualified) Defense of Secret Agreements
Many of us think about international agreements as inherently public documents, but states commonly employ secret agreements as diplomatic tools. Russia and the United States concluded such an agreement ... -
Activating Global Law
PDF version A review of Butterfly Politics by Catharine A. MacKinnon (Harvard University Press, 2017). ***
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