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China's Cyber-Commitments and Congressional Oversight: A Suggestion
Last week's meeting between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Obama produced a significant bilateral statement on cybersecurity spying: "The United States and China agree that neither country’s gov... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
On Friday, President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping announced an agreement to cease certain forms of economic espionage via cyberattack. The “common understanding” would require both nations to h... -
Preliminary Thoughts on Cross-Border Data Requests
Technology companies are being squeezed between U.S. and foreign laws that simultaneously compel, and prohibit, production of data in response to governmental surveillance directives. Thoughts towards a ... -
The Saga Continues: DC Circuit Grants En Banc Review in Bahlul
This I did not expect. The D.C. Circuit has granted en banc review in the latest round of Bahlul litigation. That means that June 2015 panel opinion which garnered so much discussion is now kaput. Over... -
Xi On the Global Stage: The Costs of Leadership
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The Week That Will Be
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Correction/Update: China Did Accept the American Formulation in the Cyber Deal
On Friday I read the transcript of the translation of President’s Xi’s remarks with President Obama to leave a possible gap in what China and the United States agreed to in the announced cyber deal on Fr... -
Is Civil War Coming to Turkey?
Editor's Note: This article originally appears on Order from Chaos. Turkish politics are slipping deeper into a state of chaos, with important implications for U.S. policy in the Middle East—and especi... -
Is the U.S. drone program in Yemen working?
Editor’s Note: The U.S. drone program – as Lawfare readers well know – raises contentious policy issues as well as criticisms of its legality and morality. Many of these policy issues come to the fore in... -
The Unending Saga of Ukrainian Reforms
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The Lawfare Podcast: Gregory Johnsen Answers "What is a Houthi?"
On this week’s Lawfare Podcast, Gregory Johnsen outlines the current state-of-play in Yemen. Johnsen, who is a writer-at-large for Buzzfeed News, a doctoral candidate at Princeton University, and an all-... -
What President Xi Actually Said About Online Theft of Intellectual Property
In my earlier post on the cybersecurity portions of the summit, I noted the importance of an authoritative public Chinese statement on the substance of the agreement between China and the United States. ...
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