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Today's Headlines and Commentary
President-elect Donald Trump has offered key national security positions to conservative hardliners, the Washington Post reports. Trump will nominate Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS) to head the CIA and... -
Annals of the Trump Administration #2: Which Executive Orders and Directives Are Doomed?
What security-related executive orders are likely to be repealed in whole or in part soon after Donald Trump is sworn in as president? I list some obvious ones below, and will be happy to update the lis... -
How International Anti-Money Laundering Norms Are Frustrating Iran Sanctions Relief
When it comes to implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Donald Trump’s election may give new meaning to the phrase “overtaken by events.” But even if Trump is able to make good... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 11/15 Session: We’re Asking the Questions Now, Judge
On Tuesday, the case of U.S. v. Abd al Hadi al-Iraqi was called back to session but, this time, not with the usual players. Colonel Peter S. Rubin of the USMC replaced Captain Waits as the military judg... -
International Terrorism Prosecutions: Chelsea Bomber Indicted and Nine Minnesotans Sentenced
Nearly two months after his arrest, Ahmed Khan Rahimi was indicted in federal court in the Southern District of New York on Wednesday, on charges related to the September bombing and attempted bombings i... -
Water Wars: Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones
Abe takes the stage Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets President-Elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower (Photo: Reuters) -
Can President-Elect Trump “Dismantle” the JCPOA? It’s Complicated
“Sometimes it pays to be a little wild,” wrote Donald J. Trump, President-elect of the United States, in his 1987 bestseller The Art of the Deal. The outcome of last week’s Presidential election proved h... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Inclement weather has stalled the Mosul offensive, the AP reports. Cloud cover is obstructing U.S. aircraft from conducting reconnaissance and close air support, so Iraqi government forces are taking the... -
Can President Trump Kill the Clean Power Plan and the Paris Agreement?
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed that when he is inaugurated he will kill the Clean Power Plan (CPP) and pull out of the Paris Agreement—two pillars of the Obama administration's efforts to combat ... -
Rational Security: The "Welcome to the New Not Normal" Edition
The Trump administration transition has begun—right? The president-elect sits down with “60 Minutes” and leaves the fate of FBI Director James Comey uncertain. And foreign governments react to Trump’s el... -
We’re Worried About the Baltics: What Does Trump’s Election Portend for these Tiny U.S. Allies?
Many U.S. allies have spent the last week pondering what Donald Trump’s election means for their foreign policy and national security. The tiny Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are surely ... -
Cyber Privateering: A Risky Policy Choice for the United States
Privateering in information security is back in fashion. This is not the first time: In 2006, Michael Tanji diagnosed parallels between cyberspace and the loosely governed sea in the 17th century and exp...
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