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What Will Rouhani’s Repeat Mean for Iran and Washington?
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz. Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s incumbent president and the “sheikh of diplomacy” who helped engineer the Iran nuclear deal, won a resounding mandate in a... -
The National Security Law Podcast: A Military Commissions Deep Dive
This episode is a bit different than normal. Instead of tearing through the latest developments in the wide world of national security law, Professors Vladeck and Chesney instead provide a deep-dive ov... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: An Interview with FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia
Episode 166 is the interview that goes with episode 165’s news roundup, released separately to ensure the timeliness of the news. -
Human Rights and the UN Security Council
Human rights issues are vitally important, but that does not mean that the United Nations Security Council should address them. -
June 15 Hoover Book Soiree: Daniel Drezner's The Ideas Industry
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5-7 pm on Thursday, June 15, when Jack Goldsmith will interview Daniel Drezner on his new book, The Ideas Industry: H... -
The Lawfare Podcast, Special Edition: The Kushercast
Just before the holiday weekend, as you were drifting out of town, the Washington Post dropped its 15 kiloton Kushner bomb. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In another Friday-evening bombshell, the Washington Post reported that Jared Kushner proposed a secret and secure communications channel between the then-President Elect’s transition team and the Kremlin... -
Leaks Aren’t the Real Story, But They Shouldn’t Be Ignored
This morning, CNN reported that Russian government officials discussed having potentially "derogatory" information about then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and some of his top aides in conversati... -
The 1967 War and the Birth of International Terrorism
Editor's note: This post is also part of a series in the Brookings Foreign Policy Program on the legacies of the 1967 war. *** -
The President “Lawyers Up”: Constitutional Duty and Private Interest in the Trump Legal Defense
Donald Trump thrives on turbulence and hard-fought battles and, as he has often said, he prizes his readiness to return every blow with one even harder than the one landed on him. This is the strategic c... -
No Laptop Ban ... For Now
Good news. Politico is reporting the breaking news that there will NOT be a ban on laptops on US-EU flights: The U.S. today opted not to introduce a ban on bringing laptops into the cabins of flights ... -
U.S. and Iran Compete in Eastern Syria, Qatar and Saudi Arabia Renew Old Feud, and More Fighting in Libya after Attacks in Manchester and Minya
Is the United States Trying to Hold a Sliver of Syria?
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