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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Reuters reports that a pro-government Russian think tank fleshed out the strategy employed by the Kremlin to compromise the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Two confidential think tank documents obtained... -
Polling Data on the U.S. Airstrikes in Syria
Elsewhere on Lawfare, scholars have argued that U.S. airstrikes against the Syrian regime are difficult to defend as consistent with international law. John Bellinger writes that “under the U.N. Charter,... -
Rational Security: The "Vinson Lose Some" Edition
North Korea’s missile launch fizzles, but the ripples spread far and wide. CIA Director Mike Pompeo calls WikiLeaks a hostile intelligence service. And does the Globalist/Nationalist war in the White Hou... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Following revelations that the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier had not been deployed toward North Korea last week, as the Trump administration claimed, the Wall Street Journal reports that the confusion... -
Building the Border Wall: An Update
On January 25th, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on "Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements," marking the first step in building a full-length border wall along the Uni... -
Referendum Results Risk Further Polarization in Turkey
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Order from Chaos. -
The Newest Idealism: Human Rights in US Foreign Policy
PDF version A review of Joe Renouard, Human Rights in American Foreign Policy: From the 1960s to the Soviet Collapse (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016). *** -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Following a visit to South Korea amidst high tensions over the looming crisis in North Korea, Vice President Mike Pence traveled to Tokyo to reassure Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the United St... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: News Roundup with Julian Sanchez and Gus Hurwitz
This week the podcast features an extended news roundup with two guest commentators—Julian Sanchez of the Cato Institute and Gus Hurwitz of Nebraska Law School. -
Close Enough: The Quiet Conclusion of the Combat-Equipped Deployment to Uganda
A few weeks ago, AFRICOM quietly brought to an end a five-year-old combat-equipped deployment that for a time had raised some very interesting War Powers Resolution questions. -
The Enigma Sanctions Tracker: A New Tool to Visualize US Sanctions Programs
Motivated by recent front-page news on the future of U.S. sanctions programs concerning Russia, North Korea and Iran, Enigma has brought together data from the Specially Designated Nationals and the Sect... -
Turkey’s Referendum Pushes Country Toward Authoritarianism, Attack Targets Civilians in Syrian Ceasefire Deal, New U.S. Escalation in Yemen Takes Shape
Erdogan Strengthens His Authority with Passage of Constitutional Reforms Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan achieved a major victory on Sunday in his years-long effort to apportion his executive off...
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