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Book Review: Cully Stimson Takes on Power Wars
“Governing had turned out to be more complicated than criticizing from the private sector or campaigning.” –a senior Obama administration official. -
A Reply to Amy Zegart on the SSCI Study of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program
I was extremely disappointed to read Professor Amy Zegart’s post regarding the Senate Intelligence Committee’s study of the CIA Detention and Interrogation Program. Not only did it include factually ina... -
The Six Faces of the Islamic State
In the rhetoric of American leaders, the Islamic State is a terrorist group. The terrorism label, while accurate, is also misleading, obscuring more than it enlightens. One of the top scholars of terrori... -
The Lawfare Podcast: ISIS in America: Disrupting Retweets from Raqqa
This week, we asked Lorenzo Vidino and his co-author, Seamus Hughes, both from the George Washington University Program on Extremism, into the studio to discuss their new report, “ISIS in America: From R... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Aaron Zelin brought us the latest edition of the Jihadology Podcast, which features Aymenn al-Tamini in a discussion of the Islamic State’s finances and economic situation. Specifically, the two shed lig... -
Two Important Correctives on Proportionality and Operation Protective Edge
Interesting corrective responses to my post earlier this week on different types of proportionality and Israel's 2014 Operation Protective Edge in Gaza. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
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ICANN Heads for .... Who Knows What?
Readers of this blog know that a consequential decision about internet governance looms on the horizon -- the decision of the US goverment to relinquish its contractual control over the Interent Assigned... -
Hot Commodities: No Plan B
No Plan B Over the weekend, 195 nations agreed to limit greenhouse gas emissions to whatever extent is necessary to limit global warming to less than two degrees Celsius. This is good news because, as ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Let’s begin today in Russia, where President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual televised news conference, discussing subjects ranging from Syria, Ukraine, Turkey, and Donald Trump. -
Rational Security: The "Carpet Bombs and Chicken Hawks" Edition
This week on Rational Security, special guest Will McCants joins Shane and Tamara to figure out what ISIS must have thought about the Republican presidential candidates’ plans to carpet bomb them. We ask... -
Congress Is About To Vote On an AUMF Against ISIL, Quietly and Without Debate
I have not read the vast majority of the 2000-page Omnibus bill that contains the fiscal year 2016 Defense Appropriations bill. But presumably Representative Hal Rogers, the Chairman of the House Approp...
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