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Obama’s Term-End Thoughts on Targeted Killing
You could be forgiven if, amidst all the allegations of groping, the Clinton-Trump debates, and the ongoing implosion of the Republican Party, you missed an extensive interview by Jonathan Chait with our... -
American Hybrid Warfare: Somalia as a Case Study in the Real American Way of War in 2016
The front page of the New York Times carried a story this Sunday that would have commanded the news cycle many years ago. It describes in previously-unappreciated detail the complex nature and large scal... -
Engaging the "Not-Yet-Guilty" in the Fight against Terrorism
Editor's Note: Countering violent extremism (CVE) is a perfect sound bite, a magic wand to solve terrorism before it happens. Yet many programs initiated in the name of CVE are poorly designed, and some ... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Jack Goldsmith and Susan Hennessey on Russian Interference in the U.S. Election
When audio dropped last Friday of Donald Trump boasting of attacks on women that can't be described on a family-friendly website such as this one, the news quickly eclipsed another, just-as-important ele... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Jack Goldsmith questioned the effectiveness of US cyber deterrence following the official accusations that Russia was behind the DNC hacks. Jack followed up with some additional reactions to the Obama a... -
Rational Security: The "John Podesta Makes a Mean Risotto" Edition
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton square off in their second debate. And the intelligence community officially pins the blames on Russia for hacking U.S. political organizations. Susan has some real ID is... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Syrian government negotiated an evacuation deal with 400 rebels entrenched outside Damascus, reports Reuters. The regime’s forces granted free passage to the insurgents and their families as they mad... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 10/11 Session: Post-Hurricane Matthew Edition
We’re back at Guantanamo Bay for another round of pretrial hearings in the 9/11 case—one day later later than scheduled, thanks to Hurricane Matthew. But as of Tuesday, October 11th, personnel have retur... -
Deadlock at the Security Council on Syria: A Legal Perspective
This weekend marked the fifth time that Russia has used its veto power on a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Syria since the country’s uprising began on March 15, 2011. The veto block... -
Water Wars: A Waiting Game in the South China Sea
Duterte (perhaps) makes good on (some) threats to US relationship President Duterte and Defense Secretary Lorenzana oversee military exercise (Photo: AFP) -
Hot Commodities: The "Mending Fences" Edition
Pipe Dreams Come True at the World Energy Congress The World Energy Congress, a meeting of over 10,000 participants from over 85 countries focused on energy and hosted by the World Energy Council, conv... -
What Reinhold Niebuhr Can Tell Us About Donald Trump
Sinclair Lewis and Elia Kazan have had their Nostradamus moments this year, Lewis for the 1935 novel It Can’t Happen Here (“predicted the rise of Donald Trump”—The Guardian) and Kazan for the 1957 film A...
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