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Hot Commodities: What Comes Down...
The rollercoaster ride continues as oil prices reached their highest point in 2016 at $40 per barrel this week — before slipping right back down again. -
Sanctioning the Dragon: Using Statecraft to Shape Chinese Behavior
Editor's Note: Sanctions on China are again in the air as policymakers look on Beijing's provocative regional policies with dismay. Although many experts argue that sanctions would achieve little and mig... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Lisa Monaco on America’s Counterterrorism Strategy against ISIS and Al Qaeda
This week, the president’s Homeland Security Advisor, Lisa Monaco, made news by announcing that the White House will release long sought data on the U.S. drone program. An important development, no doubt... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Benjamin Wittes shared a Trans-Atlantic town hall dialogue he participated in with Germans on data privacy. Daniel Severson flagged how France has moved to require decryption capabilities in a counterte... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Yesterday, news broke that an Islamic State defector has been disclosing inside information about the terrorist group’s inner bureaucracy. The New York Times shares that German authorities have obtained ... -
Water Wars: Flexing Muscles, U.S. Deploys Great Green Fleet to South China Sea
In a symbolic show of force, the United States dispatched “a small armada” to patrol the disputed waters of the South China Sea, according to the Navy Times. -
Rational Security: The "117 Experts Can't Be Wrong" Edition
Republican national security experts declare Donald Trump unfit to be president. Who actually actually advises candidate Trump and who would advise President Trump? And President Obama pulls back the cur... -
ACLU Takes First Step Towards Prepublication Review Reform
In December, Oona Hathaway and I wrote an op-ed and series of posts on the broken pre-publication review process. -
Dispatch #10: No Room for Everyday Grief
GAZIANTEP, Turkey—“I was 13 when we got married. We didn’t know anything about life. My husband was five years older than me. He’s very handsome, my husband….God have mercy on his soul.” Hala’s eyes fill... -
ISIS Detainee Transferred from U.S. to Iraqi Custody
A quick update on a story we've been tracking this week, involving the second publicly-known instance of U.S.-administered military detention of an ISIS member. As noted here, a raid conducted by the Ex... -
The Government Responds to Apple
Here's the brief, which I haven't read yet. FBI Apple CDCal Govt Reply -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A recently defected Islamic State fighter has leaked thousands of documents that detail the bureaucracy and membership of the terror organization. According to NBC News, one of several media outlets that...
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