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Hoover Book Soiree, Reminder: David Priess on "The President's Book of Secrets"
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place on Thursday, when Jack interviews David Priess about his new book: The President's Book of Secrets: Th... -
Peter Keisler on Trump's Promise to Jail Hillary Clinton
Peter Keisler, former head of the Justice Department's Civil Division and Acting Attorney General of the United States, writes in with the following important point about my piece yesterday on Trump's th... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
After a brief period of moderated bombing, Russia has resumed its campaign of intensive airstrikes against rebel positions in eastern Aleppo, Reuters writes. -
How Did Participation in the First World War Help Shape Modern America?
PDF version A review of Michael S. Neiberg's The Path to War: How the First World War Changed America (Oxford University Press 2016). *** -
Statement from Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins
Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins issued the following statement yesterday on the resumption of pretrial hearings in the 9/11 case at Guantanamo Bay this week. His statement is also avai... -
Middle East Ticker: Aleppo Under Siege, Turkey and Iraq Spar Over Troop Presence, and Morocco Votes
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National Security Highlights from the Second Presidential Debate
The second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton took place at Washington University in St. Louis in a town-hall conversation moderated by Martha Raddatz and Anderson Cooper. Thoug... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
On Friday afternoon, the United States formally accused the Kremlin of hacking and releasing Democratic Party information to interfere with the U.S. -
Grab 'em by the Constitution: Trump and the Justice Department
I hate to say "I told you so," but gosh, I told you so. A few months ago, during Trump's ascendancy in the GOP primaries, I wrote a piece about his likely impact on and abuse of the powers of the U.S. D... -
Congress Heal Thyself
As I noted last month, the oldest outstanding recommendation, unfulfilled since the 9/11 Commission report, is for Congress to fix its jurisdicitional morass and provide effective, unified oversight of t... -
The Week That Will Be
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Which States Support the 'Unwilling and Unable' Test?
As readers of Lawfare know, a growing number of States believe that use of force in self-defense against a non-state actor on the territory of a third State, without the consent of that third State, may ...
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