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Turkish-backed Rebels Enter al-Bab, Trump and Netanyahu Ready for Meeting, Trump and Congress Mull Designating Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorist Organization
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Michael T. Flynn resigned as national security adviser last night after it was revealed that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and other top White House officials about his conversations with the R... -
Bannon in Washington: A Report on the Incompetence of Evil
Thank you, Steve Bannon. I mean that sincerely. I’m sleeping better because of you. -
The Real Constitutional Danger
It is more than a little amusing, in light of the events of the last week, that we still see concerns about whether “we’re in a constitutional crisis” due to excessive presidential power, and about “how ... -
A Legal Analysis of Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s Trip to Syria
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) has drawn attention in recent weeks for leading a delegation to Syria and Lebanon, where she reportedly met with government leaders, refugees, and members of civil society. The ... -
The Spotlight Will Now Shift to the White House Counsel
I was pretty hard on White House Counsel Donald McGahn in connection with the horrible roll-out of the Trump Executive Order on immigration, and his inability or disinclination to control the President’s... -
Cybersecurity in the Trump Administration: What Should We Expect?
In partnership with Hoover Institution in Washington and Intel Security, Lawfare is holding on February 22 a conference on what we can expect in cybersecurity in the new administration. Here's the event ... -
What Happens When States No Longer Govern?
For seventy-three days last summer, the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and a Kurdish/Arab militia known as the “Syrian Democratic Force” (SDF) fought over Manbij, Syria. The fierce urba... -
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Lawfare is now accepting applications for our summer internship program! For more details, check out the Brookings Institution's application announcement and apply here. Please submit applications by Mar... -
What to Read: International Relations in Cyber Security
With the release of the much-anticipated Tallinn Manual 2.0, some additional attention is focused on the difficult questions of international law in cyberspace. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the sea early on Sunday in the first such test since Trump became president, Reuters informs us. An official said that the Trump administration had been expecti... -
Endless War Watch, Winter 2017
I thought it would be interesting, even amidst all the pressing immediacy of day-to-day emergency, to step back and ask where we now are in the post-9/11 struggles over America’s national security and su...
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