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One Year after Sousse, It's the Economy - Not Security - That Worries Tunisians
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Markaz. *** -
The US Really Does Want to Constrain Commercial Espionage: Why Does Nobody Believe It?
At a recent speech I gave, I was annoyed to hear representatives of a European energy company express the concern that the National Security Agency is spying on them and giving information to American oi... -
Hacking Back Without Cracking Up
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FOIA Improvement Act of 2016 Becomes Law
Last night, President Obama signed Senate Bill 337, the “FOIA Improvement Act of 2016,” into law. The bill enacts several key reforms to the 1966 Freedom of Information Act, and received a fair amount of... -
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While no terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack in Istanbul two days ago, senior Turkish officials told reporters the three men were nationals of Russia, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan. -
Rational Security: The “BrexiTurkeyBenghazi” Edition
How will the U.K.’s exit from the European Union affect U.S. national security? Is a terrorist attack in Turkey the inevitable result of battlefield victories against ISIS? And the gang takes on the soun... -
The Chinese Buy Wright USA
Earlier this month, a number of federal employees were surprised by a letter they received in the mail: a letter from their professional liability insurance provider informing them that it, Wright USA, h... -
Culture War or Common Heritage? On Recent Critics of Global Religious Freedom
PDF version A review of Elizabeth Shakman Hurd's Beyond Religious Freedom: The New Global Politics of Religion (Princeton, 2015) and Saba Mahmood's Religious Difference in a Secular Age: A Minority Repo... -
Are Hamas Attacks War or Terrorism? Hollywood Needs to Know.
From the creators of Homeland and Heroes, comes a fascinating lawsuit that asks whether Hamas’s attacks on Israel are “war” or “terrorism.” And it is all wrapped up in a run-of-the-mill insurance dispute. -
Military Drones: Evolutionary, Not Transformative, Not Revolutionary
Over the past decade, military drones, whether weaponized or merely equipped for surveillance, have been at the center of many heated arguments, whether about targeted killing, counterterrorism, the supp... -
Lawfare Attacked
It's been a while since Lawfare was the subject of denial of service attacks. And we hope you didn't even notice the one we had yesterday evening. According to our tech folks, "Lawfare was subject to a d... -
CBP: Give Us Your Social Media
According to the BBC, the US Customs and Border Patrol has published a Federal Register notice that would change the terms of entry for visitors to the United States arriving under the Visa Waiver Progra...
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