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When a Disunited Europe Meets Transnational Terrorism
Editor's Note: The 2015 Islamic State attacks in Paris highlighted not only the terrorist threat to Europe, but also the many European failings in intelligence and border security. Marc Hecker of the Fre... -
Army Combat Exercise in Hawaii Plays Down Cyber Threat
In a recent visit to PACOM with other Stanford colleagues, we had the chance to observe an Army brigade combat team exercise. This exercise involved an opposing force that was operating under free-play ... -
Terrorism Taxonomy: Gil Avriel’s “Civilitary Theory”
As Jack noted earlier this week, the new issue of the Harvard National Security Law Journal (for which Jack, Bobby, Ben and I serve as advisors) contains a number of ground-breaking articles, including p... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Defense Strategies for the Next President
This week as Iowa voters took to the caucuses, Brookings hosted a panel discussion on defense strategy for the next president. The panel, moderated by Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon, included R... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Jonathan Zittrain gave us some good and some troubling news: we are not going dark. Susan Landau reflected on the new report “Don’t Panic” and stated that we have a strong reason for national policy to... -
Day Two: The Frontiers of Cybersecurity Policy and Law Conference
Today is the second day of the Strauss Center at the University of Texas-Austin's conference on the legal and policy dimensions of cybersecurity. You can watch the conference's panels live here: ... -
The Arbitrary Detention of Julian Assange?
By now, of course, readers of this blog will be familiar with the fact that a UN Working Group has concluded (by a vote of 3-1, with one abstention) that Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is bein... -
National Security Highlights from the Fifth Democratic Debate
On Thursday night, the Democratic presidential candidates took to the stage in New Hampshire for their fifth debate in anticipation of Tuesday’s primary. The debate was moderated by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Obama’s national security aides and top military advisers are pressing him to approve military force in order to counter Islamic State militants that analysts say are forming a new safe haven i... -
Is DOJ Rethinking Material Support Laws and Domestic Terrorism?
In December, following the Planned Parenthood shooting and San Bernardino attacks, I shared some thoughts on the differences between domestic and international terrorism laws in the U.S. There, I argued ... -
Simon v. Republic of Hungary—Summary in Brief
Last week, the D.C. Circuit removed a hurdle for a pending suit against the Republic of Hungary and the Republic’s state-owned railway company. Judge Sri Srinivasan, writing for a three judge panel in Si... -
Water Wars: U.S. Navy Back for FON in the South China Sea
On Saturday, the United States Navy conducted its second freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) in recent months. This time, the destroyer USS Curtiss Wilbur transited within twelve nautical miles of Tr...
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