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Implementing the Refugee EO: The State Department Should Consider Refugee Agency Assurances as Bona Fide Relationships
While progress has been made in implementing the Supreme Court’s stay of lower court injunctions of President Trump’s revised refugee executive order (EO), the State Department’s current stance on refuge... -
The Islamic State’s Married Ideology: Something Borrowed, Something New
Editor’s Note: The Islamic State and al-Qaeda are often, correctly, portrayed as bitter rivals: They compete for recruits and money, and in Syria their forces have repeatedly turned their guns on each ot... -
Reading the Office of Legal Counsel on Emoluments: Do Super-Rich Presidents Get a Pass?
I wrote last November that the Foreign Emoluments Clause “is on its face a national security provision designed to protect the country from officers too enmeshed with foreign interests.” If the Justice D... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Thursday evening, Shane Harris of the Wall Street Journal reported that longtime Republican operative Peter W. Smith reached out to several hacker groups, including two Russian groups, in an attempt t... -
The Time I Got Recruited to Collude with the Russians
I read the Wall Street Journal’s article yesterday on attempts by a GOP operative to recover missing Hillary Clinton emails with more than usual interest. I was involved in the events that reporter Shane... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In September 2016, a Republican operative, who implied that he was working with Michael Flynn, tried locate Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails by reaching out to hacker groups that may have possessed the m... -
How the Gulf Crisis Forces Fundamental Choices in Turkish Foreign Policy
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz. -
Statement from Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins for June 29
Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Brigadier General Mark Martins released the following statement yesterday on the occasion of the conclusion of military commissions hearings this week in the case of... -
US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Dismisses Suit Over US Drone Strike
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today handed down an opinion dismissing a suit filed by the family members of individuals reportedly killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen in 2012, which t... -
Water Wars: Tugs-of-War, Figurative and Literal
Chinese Construction and Patrolling Operations Continue Apace in Contested Waters and U.S. Doubles Down on Its Defense Commitment to Taiwan (Photo: Center for Strategic and International Studies/Asia ... -
Implementing the Refugee EO: Add Grandparents
Implementing a remedial decree always presents challenges. The Supreme Court’s partial stay of lower court injunctions of President Trump’s revised Refugee Executive Order (EO) is an acute example of thi... -
Will Russia Dial Back the Incidents at Sea?
Geopolitical tensions between the United States and Russia have gradually increased since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014, and have only intensified as investigations continue into the extent...
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