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The Intelligence Studies Essay: Nichols on Leadership Decapitation vs Mid-Tier Degradation
This Intelligence Studies Essay assesses open source research to determine the relative effectiveness of two alternative strategies for directing lethal attacks against terrorist groups: leadership decap... -
Canada's Policy to Confront the Islamic State
Editor's Note: Canada is a close American ally, and in both war and peace, the two countries seem bound at the hip. Canada, however, has its own distinct politics, interests, and capabilities, and these ... -
Drones and Surveillance
A busy day with a nice collection of stories (coincidentally all from the Washington Post this time around): -
The Lawfare Podcast: Justice Stephen Breyer on "The Court and the World"
Last week at The Brookings Institution, United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer participated in a discussion with Lawfare’s Benjamin Wittes and Newsweek’s Dahlia Lithwick about his n... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In likely the most creative (and ridiculous) terrorist plot we’ve seen here at Lawfare, an Australian man inspired by the Islamic State was arrested for planning to pack a live kangaroo full of explosive... -
Enigma Talk: The Golden Age of Bulk Surveillance
Lawfare readers may be interested in a recent talk I gave at Usenix's Enigma Conference, "The Golden Age of Bulk Surveillance." -
Rational Security, Episode #53: The "Snow-ver It" Edition
Tamara considers the Arab Spring five years later. What have we learned about the future of peace and stability in the region? Shane looks into who that mysterious fourth American hostage freed by Iran w... -
Taiwan President Ma’s “Unhelpful” Visit to the South China Sea
Yesterday, Taiwan’s outgoing president Ma Ying-jeou made a brief, but controversial visit to Itu Aba — also known as Taiping Island — in the South China Sea. -
Water Wars: American Angling Ahead of ASEAN Summit
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spent much of this week in Laos, Cambodia, and China in an effort to pressure Beijing to change course in the South China Sea. Returning to Washington on Wednesday, Sec... -
Dispatch #3: The Strange Sectarian Peace of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Not so very long ago, during Lebanon’s civil war, the way a person said the Arabic word for tomato was enough to get him or her killed. In at least one instance, Phalangists (Lebanese C... -
Will GTMO Detainees 'Vanish?' Ghanaian Opposition Leaders Threatens New Transfers
The Guantanamo Bay diaspora, on a per capita basis, may be the most widespread in the world. Indeed, as the Obama administration makes a final push towards emptying the detention facility, the number of ...
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