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How Does Israel Regulate Encryption?
Recent terrorist attacks and resulting questions about the limits of surveillance have rekindled debate about how governments should deal with the challenges of powerful, commercially available encryptio... -
Reminder: Hoover Book Soiree, Edward Lucas on Cyberphobia
The third in our series of our book soirees at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place on December 2, when Ben interviews Edward Lucas of the Economist about his new book, Cyberphobia:... -
Come to the Third Hoover Book Soiree: Edward Lucas on Cyberphobia
The third in our series of our book soirees at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place on December 2, when Ben interviews Edward Lucas of the Economist about his new book, Cyberphobia:... -
Dog Raising as a Metaphor for Counter-Terrorism
Meet Diesel. He lives next door to me and as his owner tells it, Diesel is always a "nice" dog, but sometimes not a very "good" one. This photo is one of his latest adventures -- he managed to figure o... -
Warnings to Civilians Directly Participating in Hostilities: Legal Imperative or Ethics-based Policy?
American and allied forces efforts in the fight against ISIL have recently focused on disrupting the terrorist group’s primary source of revenue: oil production and transportation. The New York Times re... -
The Routinization of Terror: Why Mass Shootings Don’t Make for Effective Terrorism in America
Editor’s Note: Counterterrorism officials often express considerable concern about lone wolf terrorists -- individuals who act without direct ties to an existing group -- because they are difficult to de... -
State Department Affirms That Iran Deal Is Only a Political Commitment
In a letter recently released by Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS), the State Department emphasized that the Iran deal – the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – is not binding under internationa... -
What Does ISIS Really Want Now?
In the latest issue of Dabiq, ISIS’s on-line magazine, the organization sets forth two principal but contradictory goals, which it labels “options.” The first is to spread a totalitarian caliphate throug... -
A Primer on Refugee Law
Typically, this blog does not focus on immigration law. That seems to me appropriate. After all, most immigration questions are, while matters of profound importance to Americans, not really questions ... -
FAA Drone Task Force Announces Proposed Regulations
On October 22, 2015, the Department of Transportation and the FAA created a task force to propose a process and rules for small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) registration. sUAS are commonly referred t... -
The U.S. Should Hold Its Fire Over China’s Boycott of UNCLOS Arbitration
An Arbitral Tribunal seated at the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague is set to hold oral hearings this week on the merits of the Philippines’ South China Sea claims against China. China contin...
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