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Why Congress Is Effectively Powerless To Stop The Iran Deal (and Why The Answer is Not the Iran Review Act)
Andrew McCarthy is once again blaming the poor Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act for Congress’s inability to stop the President from implementing the Iran deal. McCarthy is not the only one doing so. -
Marshall Erwin on the FBI's "Going Slowly"
Over at Just Security, Marshall Erwin has an excellent article entitled, "The FBI’s Problem Isn’t 'Going Dark.' Its Problem is Going Slowly." I'm not sure how much of Erwin's argument I agree with—defini... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Tuesday, July 21st at 9 am: The Center for a New American Security and the Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law will ... -
Governance and Security Sector Assistance: The Missing Link—Part II
Editor's Note: Last week we looked at how the lack of attention to governance has hindered effective U.S. security sector assistance. This week Gordon Adams of American University and Richard Sokolsky of... -
Statement from Foreign Fighters in Syria: "About the Baghdadi Group"
Click here for the original content. -- "And indeed whosoever takes revenge after he has suffered wrong, for such there is no way of blame against them". (Surah Al Shura) -
The New UNSCR on Iran: Does it Bind the United States (and future Presidents)?
Colum Lynch and John Hudson have an article in Foreign Policy provocatively entitled “Obama Turns to U.N. to Outmaneuver Congress” in which they suggest that the new U.N. Security Council Resolution like... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Russia's Nuclear Threats
While world powers and Iran were embroiled in last minute negotiations last week, Brookings hosted a panel discussion on the meaning of another power’s recent nuclear threats: Russia's. In recent months,... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Dominating the news, and Lawfare's coverage: Iran. Four deadlines and 18 days of final discussions later, the United States reached a historic accord with Iran to limit Tehran’s nuclear capabilities in r... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A shooter killed four and injured three at two military facilities in Chattanooga yesterday before dying of a gunshot wound. Authorities identified the gunman as Mohammod Youssef Abdulazeez, a Kuwaiti-bo... -
Surveillance Diplomacy
Now that some of the dust has settled in the wake of the revelations about NSA and GCHQ surveillance of foreign leaders, it is a good time for the United States to engage in a bit of surveillance diploma... -
Al-Shabab's Eid al-Fitr Ramadan Message
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Senators Draft Letter Requesting Obama Send Deal to Congress Before United Nations
Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), respectively the chair and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, have sent a public letter to President Barack Obama urging him to "p...
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