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Hoover Book Soiree: Christopher Moran on "Company Confessions: Secrets, Memoirs, and the CIA"
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place on Wednesday, December 7. -
The Islamic State-Taliban Rivalry in Afghanistan
Editor’s Note: Radical Islam is not a monolith. The Lebanese Hizballah fights the Islamic State in Syria, Hamas has crushed al-Qaeda sympathizers in Gaza, and—most importantly from a U.S. perspective—al-... -
The Lawfare Podcast: "Real Security: Governance and Stability in the Arab World"
This week on the podcast, we’re bringing you some post-Thanksgiving food for thought on the state of the Arab world. -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Ammar Abdulhamid kicked off a Trump-heavy week on the site with his perspective as a Syrian-American on the election of Donald Trump. -
Will President-elect Trump Fire the First Shot in the U.S.-China (Economic Sanctions) War?
Last summer, I pointed out that U.S. law already authorizes the President to impose targeted economic sanctions to deter or punish Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. That none were imposed, howev... -
Distributed Risk: On Conflicts, Doesn’t Matter If Trump Is a Saint
The debate over the unprecedented conflicts of interest created by President-elect Donald Trump’s financial empire is at an impasse, perhaps in part because we have adopted a narrow understanding of what... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Trump’s transition team announced this morning that he has offered South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley the post of UN ambassador, and she has accepted. The New York Times and Washington Post have more. -
Annals of the Trump Administration #6 -- Protecting Infrastructure
The other day President-Elect Trump released a video summarizing his plans for the first 100 days in office. Little noticed or remarked upon was his commitment (see 1:45 in the video) to ask the Departm... -
Water Wars: Duterte Entrenches New Normal in South China Sea
Duterte declares fishing ban within Scarborough Shoal Presidents Duterte and Xi meet at APEC Summit (Photo: CNN) -
Rational Security: The "Emoluments" Edition
Donald Trump announces his picks for some key national security positions. Meanwhile, Trump grapples with multiple conflicts between his businesses and his coming presidency. The knives are out for NSA D... -
Dawn Johnsen on “The Lawyers’ War”: A Quick Take
Dawn Johnsen has a new essay in Foreign Affairs defending the Obama administration’s national security law legacy and drawing lessons for constraining the incoming Trump administration. -
Annals of the Trump Administration #5: Would Waterboarding Count as "Force," and Must It Be Disclosed?
Katherine Hawkins at the Constitution Project tweeted some good points in response to my earlier posts on Trump, interrogation, and waterboarding (here and here). One concerns the possibility that the N...
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