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Fall of the Brotherhood, Rise of the Salafis
Editor's Note: The 2013 coup in Egypt did not, as the story so often goes in the West, lead to the end of the Islamist role in Egyptian politics. Rather, it led the new regime to crack down on the Muslim... -
Focusing PRISM: An Answer to European Privacy Concerns?
In my last post, I argued that surveillance reform is the only way to ensure continued data flows between the US and the European Union. In this post, I will begin to explore whether there is a practical... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Helen Mohrmann on Cybersecurity in an Insecure Environment
We often talk about cybersecurity on the show, but the Brookings Institution—Lawfare's institutional home and publishing partner—has itself been subject to a number of cyber-attacks in recent years. Thos... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Federal Employees Please Take Note: You can now support Lawfare through the Combined Federal Campaign! Wells announced this week that federal employees can help grow Lawfare through the ongoing CFC. Plea... -
Water Wars: What the TPP Means for the PRC
USTR Michael Froman with TPP-partner trade ministers (Photo: Erik S. Lesser/European Pressphoto Agency) -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The White House is shutting down the Pentagon’s ill-fated train-and-equip program for Syrian rebels, at least in its current form. So says the New York Times, which reports that Secretary of Defense Ash ... -
USG Folks: Support Lawfare Through the 2015 Combined Federal Campaign!
A little announcement from HQ, for interested readers inside the federal government: You can now support Lawfare, by means of the 2015 Combined Federal Campaign. The CFC is, in short, the United States' ... -
Forget the Great Game: Let's Protect Civilians in Syria
The other day, a young man named Mouhanad Abdulhamid Al Rifay took the oath of US citizenship. It was an emotional moment for his family of Syrian asylees, who came to this country a few years before the... -
Rendition Fallout: Former CIA Officer Convicted in Absentia by Italy Possibly Arrested in Portugal
Reports are circulating that Sabrina De Sousa, a former CIA officer, has been arrested in Portugal. De Sousa was among the many CIA employees prosecuted and convicted in absentia by an Italian prosecuto... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Russia and Syria continue their coordinated air and ground operations against anti-Assad forces in the Idlib and Hama provinces in what one Syrian official referred to as a large offensive to reclaim wes... -
A Vision of the Future: Facebook Post-Safe Harbor
Our buddy Jane Smith has a lot of European friends. As such, the collapse of the safe harbor agreement has hit her Facebook account hard. -
The D.C. Circuit, Military Commissions, and Pre-9/11 Offenses
What was already shaping up to be a busy (and important) few months for the D.C. Circuit vis-a-vis the Guantánamo military commissions just got a little busier.
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