In the waning days of the Obama administration, the United States decided not to veto Security Council resolution 2334, which condemned Israeli settlements. While there is no denying the political and sy...

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On December 1st, National Security Council spokesman Ned Price expressed President Obama’s support for requiring women to register for Selective Service when they turn 18, as their male counterparts must...

China seizes U.S. underwater drone off the Philippine Coast

In a recent post here at Lawfare, April Doss argues that the Ninth Circuit’s decision in United States v.

Yesterday, the EU’s highest court issued a major judgment that effectively invalidates a significant portion of the UK’s recently-passed Investigatory Powers Act (aka the “Snooper’s Charter”). The Europ...

Last week, co-authors Michèle Flournoy, Richard Fontaine, and I released a Center for a New American Security report on the future of surveillance policy. The full report is available here; video of the...

The federal government isn’t often held up as a model for IT innovation and efficiency, but there are areas where they should be. An example of a policy directive that has paid dividends is the Continuou...