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Libya's Implosion and What it Means for the West
Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Markaz. *** -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, September 12th at 2:30pm: The Brookings Institution will host a discussion featuring Shirley Lin on her new book, Taiwan's China Dilemma... -
Accountability for Algorithmic Autonomy in War
The Defense Science Board recently identified five “stretch problems”—goals that are “hard-but-not-too-hard” and that have a purpose of accelerating the process of bringing a new autonomous capability in... -
Attribution of Malicious Cyber Incidents: From Soup to Nuts
For those interested—a (prepublication) review paper on attribution of malicious cyber incidents that synthesizes a number of previous works on the subject and adds a few new insights on the topic. Abstr... -
Announcing the Results of the 2016 Bobby R. Inman Award Competition (for student research and writing on intelligence)
UT-Austin’s Intelligence Studies Project has announced the winners of the 2016 “Bobby R. Inman Award” competition for student research and writing on intelligence. Links to the three papers are availabl... -
Tamil Political Prisoners in Sri Lanka: A Road to Nowhere?
Editor's Note: Sri Lanka represents that rare turnaround in counterinsurgency, where a beleaguered government fighting one of the world’s most formidable insurgencies—the Tamil Tigers—gained momentum and... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 9/8 Session: The “Kangaroo Lapel Pin” Edition
When you take an 18-month break, it’s unsurprising that you’ll return home to some cobwebs that will need to be swept away. The second of three days of motion hearings in the Nashiri military commission ... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Disrupting ISIS Recruitment Online
On September 7th, the Brookings Institution convened a discussion of a pilot program to disrupt online ISIS recruitment spearheaded by Jigsaw, a technology think tank run by Alphabet (aka Google). Yasmin... -
The Other Forever War Anniversary
We have an essay at Time.com that begins: Tomorrow is the fifteenth anniversary of the beginning of the longest armed conflict in American history. But another significant anniversary in the “Forever ... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Benjamin Wittes reminded readers that Friday marked the last day of our birthday fundraising drive and requested that everyone chip up to ensure we can continue providing and improving our coverage. -
Rational Security, the "Too Soon for Mattress Sales" Edition
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump spar over who’d be the better commander-in-chief. The FBI releases its report on Clinton’s email server. And what has changed, and what hasn’t, since 9/11? Plus, Shane... -
The Challenge for the Generation That Experienced 9/11
As I noted around this time last year, the 9/11 Commission Report is on the syllabus for my seminar at Georgetown Law, Intelligence Reform and the Modern Intelligence Community. One of the main themes of...
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