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Arabs and Arabs: Refugee Integration and Existing Franco-Arab Communities
PARIS, France—Barbès, La Chapelle, Marseille, are just a few of the places in France whose names have come to evoke images of their large populations of French people of Arab—mainly North African—descent... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Headlines across the spectrum today suggest that besieged in Iraq, Syria, and Libya, ISIS is on the retreat. -
Speaker Ryan Releases GOP National Security Strategy
In an event yesterday at the Council on Foreign Relations, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the House Republican's 2016 national security strategy. -
Multinationals Beware: The U.N. Threat to Global Trade and International Economic Law
As the UN dismantles the well-rooted legal architecture of free trade, with the broad support of its members, global industry is growing concerned. Recently, members of the UN Human Rights Council (“UNHR... -
Cyber Deterrence “At Scale”
This week, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse called for the creation of a cybersecurity “militia” to strengthen US defense. He suggested reexamining a “militia model that lets ordinary citizens come to their co... -
Today's Headlines and Commenary
The Washington Post tells us that after two Palestinian attackers gunned down four Israelis last night in a crowded Tel Aviv market, Israel has deployed more troops to the West Bank and frozen 83,000 per... -
To Really Improve the Lives of Syrian Refugees, Turkey and the World Must Cooperate Better
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz. -
ICTY Prosecutor Warns Region is Slipping Backward
The Balkans are often held up as an example of how international criminal justice can work. After a frustrating start, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) issued a raft o... -
Rational Security: The "Hillary and Hellfire" Edition
Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump can’t be trusted to protect U.S. national security. In Israel there’s talk of another war in Gaza. And a federal appeals court rules that the Fourth Amendment doesn’t ap... -
As the First Multi-Defendant ISIL Trial Ends, Others Begin
The first multi-defendant ISIL-related trial ended on June 3 when three young men from Minneapolis’ Somali community—Guled Ali Omar, Abdurahman Yasin Daud, and Mohamed Abdihamid Farah—were found guilty o... -
More on Donald Trump and the Justice Department
I received an email yesterday from a career Justice Department lawyer—whom I had not previously met—in connection with my recent rumination on the consequences for the Justice Department of a Donald Trum... -
Look Who’s Coming to Dinner: Diplomacy Meets Transparency at the Israeli Ambassador’s Residence in Washington
The Israeli Supreme Court on Monday ordered Israel’s Foreign Ministry to disclose the names of the participants at a seder dinner hosted by the Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, in April 2014. ...
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