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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Evacuations are underway in Aleppo a day behind schedule, after an initial ceasefire deal to allow civilians and rebels to flee was delayed by Iranian objections. Ambulances and buses have begun shepherd... -
Foreign Investment, China, and Trump
Should Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOE) be free to take control of U.S. companies or companies that otherwise affect the United States’s national security interests? That’s one of the questions tack... -
International Spillover Effects
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Rational Security, Episode #95: The “RexSec” Edition
The CIA concludes that Russian hackers tried to help Donald Trump get elected. Trump will nominate Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson as the next secretary of state. And the Obama administration is confident that j... -
Sanctuary Cities Under a Trump Administration
If President-elect Trump’s post-election rhetoric is to be believed, the pillars of his immigration policy appear to be slowly teetering. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The bombing of Aleppo began once again on Wednesday morning despite a ceasefire deal that would have allowed the evacuation of civilians and rebel fighters to rebel-held territory, stranding both civilia... -
Donald Trump’s State of Exception
Few of the many unexpected intellectual twists and turns of the early post-9/11 years of the Bush administration were quite so unexpected—or quite so twisty and turny—as the sudden return to prominence o... -
Will the Bureaucracy Save Us from the President?
There has been a lot of talk on this blog and elsewhere over just how panicked we should be at the prospect of a Trump presidency, and over whether and how the incoming administration might be reined in. -
China, Encryption Policy, and International Influence
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Hot Commodities: Energy Diplomacy Takes on New Meaning
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
The battle for Aleppo has ended, with government forces now finally in control of the beleaguered city. Rebel forces agreed to a ceasefire on Tuesday afternoon in order to evacuate both civilians and reb... -
Brief the Electors
In less than a week, members of the Electoral College will cast their votes. Ten of them have written James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, to ask for a classified briefing to review the...
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