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Who’s Afraid of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015?
Last Friday The Hill reported that Senator Corker believes he “will have a veto-proof majority” to enact the “Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015” (INARA). Below is my analysis of the Bill. -
ISIS and Sexual Slavery
Editor's Note: This is the third of four excerpts from the new book, ISIS: The State of Terror, by Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger. -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #59: An Interview with Richard Bejtlich
Richard Bejtlich is our guest for episode 59 of the Cyberlaw Podcast. Richard is the Chief Security Strategist at FireEye, an adviser to Threat Stack, Sqrrl, and Critical Stack, and a fellow at Brookings. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani is in Washington today to meet with President Obama and American military and diplomatic leaders. The New York Times examines the White House’s relationship with both the Af... -
The Race to Caliphate
Editor's Note: This is the second of four excerpts from the new book, ISIS: The State of Terror, by Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger. -
The Power of Citizenship Bias
Following up on my post from last week on the report of the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) of the UK Parliament, which inter alia recommended that British law for the first time introduce dist... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
American troops are evacuating Yemen. The AP reports that the evacuation came as Al Qaeda militants seized the southern city of al-Houta, near the American al-Annad air base, where around 100 American so... -
Smart Mobs, Ultraviolence, and Civil Society: ISIS Innovations
Editor's Note: This is the first of four excerpts from the new book, ISIS: The State of Terror, by Jessica Stern and J.M. -
The Precise (and Narrow) Limits On U.S. Economic Espionage
This Intercept story on New Zealand’s surveillance of candidates for director general of the World Trade Organization sparked a related conversation yesterday on twitter about the exact scope of U.S. eco... -
The Week That Will Be
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Does the Supreme Court Follow the Recommendation of the Solicitor General in Foreign Relations Cases in which the Court has issued a CVSG?
Sometimes when making a decision whether to grant a petition for a writ of certiorari in a case to which the United States is not a party, the Supreme Court formally issues a “call for the view of the So... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: AQ vs. IS and the Battle for the Soul of Jihad
Editor's Note: This piece is based on a longer article I co-authored with my Brookings colleague Jennifer R. Williams, which ran in The National Interest. ***
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