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Security Council Members Receive Briefing on Allegations Against Israel
UN Security Council members are holding an informal meeting today on protecting Palestinian civilians from war crimes. Security Council Report offers this background on the session: -
Permission to Speak: Crackdowns on Free Speech in Sisi’s Egypt
Last night, Egyptian authorities arrested and detained Malek Adly, a prominent human rights lawyer who, as this piece was written, was being investigated by police. He is accused of inciting the protests... -
Israel Imperiled: An Overview of Threats to the Jewish State
Editor’s Note: This post is adapted from testimony offered before the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade and the Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa. -
The Binladen Group's Turmoil—A Mirror of Saudi Arabia's?
The Middle East's largest construction firm, the Saudi Binladen Group, is in trouble. With the Saudi economy depressed due to low oil prices, the Binladen Group islaying off tens of thousands of workers.... -
Water Wars: Charm Offensives Yield Uncertain Results Throughout Southeast Asia
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Event Announcement: "Sextortion: Remote Sexual Assault"
Next Wednesday, May 11, Brookings is holding an online event to release a pair of papers on which I and a team of Lawfare folks have spent a great deal of time over the last several months. The subject i... -
Facing Privacy Tradeoffs to Restore Trust and the Rule of Law
One of the great technological advances of our time is the ability to put vast amounts of information to use for expanding scientific knowledge, making enterprises more efficient, increasing consumer con... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
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Twitter, ISIS, Civil Liability, and Immunity: An Update
A few months ago, Zoe Bedell and I wrote a series of posts about Twitter and potential liability -
The War Against ISIS is Unconstitutional
As I explained in a New York Times op-ed today, Captain Nathan Smith has gone to court for a declaratory judgment on the legality of President Obama’s undeclared war against the Islamic State. While I en... -
Public v. Private Collection: It All Comes Down to Power
One issue that arose during the recent Hoover panel on protecting privacy with big data related to a frequently posed question: Why do we, as a society, appear to object more strenuously to the governmen...
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