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Today's Headlines and Commentary
U.S.-backed fighters in Syria are launching an offensive to capture the Manbij pocket from the Islamic State after weeks of quiet preparations. According to Reuters, the Manbij pocket is a crucial swath ... -
DOD Airstrike in Somalia: Still Wondering About the PPG's Application
DOD has announced an airstrike on an al Shabaab official in Somalia: -
DOJ, Trump & the Powers of the American Presidency: A Follow-Up
Last week, Ben published the first in a series of posts analyzing Trump and the Powers of the American Presidency. In that post, he proposed a theory that, despite concerns that a would-be President Trum... -
The Art of the Bluff: How Presidents Can Leverage Deception
In the eyes of the DC foreign policy establishment, issuing threats without any intention to back them up with action is a cardinal sin. Bluffing, the thinking along think tank row goes, dangerously unde... -
Hot Commodities: Summer Heat Rising
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Integrated Cybersecurity Studies at UT-Austin: Announcing a New Fellowship for 2016-17
One of my favorite parts of life here at the University of Texas at Austin is the center I direct: The Strauss Center for International Security & Law. The key thing to understand about the Strauss Cen... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
“A human catastrophe is unfolding in Fallujah,” says Jan Egeland, the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council. An estimated 50,000 civilians still remain trapped in the Iraqi city as the battle to reclaim ... -
Sahand Moarefy: Partially Unwinding Sanctions: The Problematic Construct of Sanctions Relief in the JCPOA (Lawfare Research Paper Series)
Lawfare is pleased to announced the publication of a new working paper in the Lawfare Research Paper Series: Partially Unwinding Sanctions: The Problematic Construct of Sanctions Relief in the JCPOA by S... -
Ten Years of Observation on EU Data Protection
I have a close friend who used to work in government and is now out in the private world. S/he (I will use "he" henceforth, but without a gender indication to be inferred from its use) has ten years of ... -
Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins Remarks at Guantanamo Bay
Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins issued the following statement over the weekend: CHIEF PROSECUTOR MARK MARTINS REMARKS AT GUANTANAMO BAY 28 MAY 2016 -
150 Years of Hate: The Resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan
Editor's Note: Although the presidential candidates, our media, and most importantly, Lawfare, tend to focus on the danger from Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, right-wing groups have been a more lethal t... -
The Lawfare Podcast: The Role of Transparency in Intelligence Programs
This week, the American Bar Association hosted a panel discussion on “Achieving More Transparency about Secret Intelligence Programs,” which featured comments from Lawfare's Carrie Cordero,
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