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International Terrorism Prosecutions: One Trial, Two Guilty Pleas, and a Sentencing
Brace yourselves, because it's been a busy couple of weeks for terrorists, law enforcement, and prosecutors. -
Reader Questionnaire: Today's Headlines & Commentary
The other day, the Lawfare high command met in its secured bunker beneath our mountain in an undisclosed location to plot the fate of the world—or, at least, to plot how better to serve the Lawfare reade... -
Protections Against Digital Bank Robbers
Bonnie and Clyde are a thing of the past. Bank robberies have declined in the past several years, a function in part of improved security measures. -
Water Wars: Sifting Through the Tea Leaves in the South China Sea
Manila triangulates relationship with Washington, Beijing, and Tokyo President Duterte and Prime Minister Abe meet in Tokyo (Photo: Reuters) -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The U.S.-backed Raqqa offensive is imminent, and the New York Times reports that it will follow the general blueprint of the Mosul offensive. The United States is cobbling together a coalition of Kurdish... -
Successful Student Online Legal Writing
I am teaching a seminar at Yale Law School this term, and the students there asked me—based on my experiences with Lawfare—to give a talk about student online writing. (I am also teaching a how-to “labo... -
How Free? Brexit and the Movement of Peoples
As the U.K. government prepares itself for the beginning of Brexit negotiations in March 2017, it is becoming increasingly clear that there is no off-ramp—and, for that matter, no brakes on the car. If y... -
Between Iraq and a Hard Place: How the Battle in Mosul Will Affect ISIS Control in the Region
Editor's Note: With the operation in Mosul well underway, Iraq expert and Brookings Doha visiting fellow Ranj Alaaldin sat down with Brookings Doha’s Communications Assistant Sumaya Attia to discuss why ... -
Rational Security: The "Strange Bedfellows" Edition
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump enter the home stretch of the presidential campaign. Hackers take down a key component of the Internet in an unprecedented attack. And WikiLeaks makes some unexpected all... -
Cyber Insecurity: Navigating the Perils of the Next Information Age
This is a plug for a new cyber policy book out this month: Cyber Insecurity: Navigating the Perils of the Next Information Age, edited by Richard Harrison, Director of Operations and Defense Technology P... -
What’s the Matter with (Visiting) Kansas?
Here’s a free suggestion for President Obama and to FBI Director James Comey, for that matter: Take a trip to Kansas. Kansas? Whatever for? To visit some meatpackers, of course. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that a new offensive against the Islamic State’s capital in Raqqa is only weeks away, NBC reports. The start of the Raqqa offensive would follow only weeks ...
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