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Iran and Its Iraqi Shi'a Allies
Editor's Note: As the Islamic State is driven from Mosul, Iraqis and the the country's neighbors are wondering who will take the group's place. The Iraqi government is weak, and Iranian-backed Shi'a mili... -
The Lawfare Podcast: David Priess on ‘The President's Book of Secrets’
Two weeks ago, Lawfare’s Jack Goldsmith sat down with David Priess at the Hoover Institution for a Hoover Book Soiree on Priess’s new book, The President’s Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligen... -
Iraqi Kurdistan: Mosul and Beyond
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared in Markaz. This is part two in a two-part series. The first part can be found here. -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Jack Goldsmith and Benjamin Wittes offered a guide for those perplexed by FBI Director James Comey’s decision to revisit the investigation of the Clinton emails. They also assessed the role of Attorney G... -
U.S. Defense Department Confirms USS Decatur Did Not Follow Innocent Passage and Challenged China’s Excessive Straight Baselines
In my analysis of the USS Decatur’s freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) near the China-occupied Paracel Islands last month, I wrote that the FONOP “probably” did not follow innocent passage and “most... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Washington Post reports that Iraqi forces entered six new neighborhoods in eastern Mosul today: Malaeen, Samah, Khazraa, Karakul, Quds, and Karamah. Their advance has opened a path for thousands of c... -
Iraq in the Eye of the Storm
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CVE for White People: The Trumpist Movement and the Radicalization Process
The Washington Post recently ran a interview arguing that what’s fundamentally lacking in this election is more “empathy” for Trump supporters, including the most racist, misogynist, and xenophobic among... -
Water Wars: All Eyes Turn to Scarborough Shoal
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Rational Security: The "The New National Nightmare Will Soon Begin" Edition
FBI Director James Comey is under fire for his actions in the home stretch of the presidential election. A journalist suggests private communications between Donald Trump and a Russian bank—but is there ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Taliban killed two American soldiers outside of Kunduz today, the Wall Street Journal reports. The two died, along with three Afghan government forces and roughly 30 civilians, in a raid on Taliban c... -
Why Cybersecurity Is So Hard—Absurd Division
Cybersecurity is, of course, very hard for any number of practical reasons, ranging from the complexity of the attack surface to the sophistication of persistent threats. And then, of course, there is th...
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