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The Foreign Policy Essay: Explaining Pakistan’s Self-Defeating Afghanistan Policy
Editor’s Note: The relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan has long been ugly. Pakistan’s efforts to control and influence Afghanistan have played a major role in advancing radical groups like the ... -
The Lawfare Podcast, Episode #120: A Lecture on "The Future of Violence"
I was privileged to speak this week at the Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas on Gabriella Blum and my new book, The Future of Violence: Robots and Germs, Hacker... -
Reminder: The Triple Entente Beer Summit is Fast Approaching
They're the hottest item in the national security world. And they're going fast. -
New York Times Gets Stellarwind IG Report Under FOIA
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Omar Khadr Granted Bail in Canada
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The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Thursday, the Obama administration revealed that a January drone strike killed two hostages being held by Al Qaeda, one American and one Italian. Jack noted that this openness by the administration ab... -
Two Observations About The New DOD Cyber Strategy
The publication of DOD's new cyber strategy is a milestone and a major step forward in the cyber policy debate. In particular, the strategy is notable for its relative openness about the use of offensiv... -
Drone Strike Errors and the Hostage Tragedy: Mapping the Issues in the Newly-Catalyzed Debate?
The use of lethal force (whether via armed drone, manned aircraft, cruise missile, helicopter assault, etc.) has been a cornerstone of U.S. counterterrorism policy for many years, both in places where we... -
The Continuing Democratization of QUANTUM Technology
From my book Data and Goliath: ...when I was working with the Guardian on the Snowden documents, the one top-secret program the NSA desperately did not want us to expose -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Yesterday’s news that a U.S. drone strike inadvertently killed two al Qaeda hostages---one American and one Italian---continues to reverberate throughout the Fourth Estate. -
The Perils of Partial Official Acknowledgment
Yesterday the President acknowledged that the United States inadvertently killed an American citizen and an Italian citizen held hostage by al-Qaida. The killings, he said, took place during “a U.S. -
Another Response on Harold Koh
Yesterday, I published this correspondence from a government lawyer who thought I had been unfair to Harold Koh in describing his role at the State Department as being "obstructionist" with respect to th...
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