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Further Reflections on NOBUS (and an Approach for Balancing the Twin Needs for Offensive Capability and Better Defensive Security in Deployed Systems)
In a previous post, I commented on the Nobody-But-Us (NOBUS) view of the world. My original post says that the real technical question raised by NOBUS is how long nobody-but-us access can be kept for a g... -
The Lawfare Podcast: General Michael Lehnert on Closing GITMO
This week, we invited Major General Michael Lehnert (Ret.), the first commander of the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to chat on the show. In January 2002, General Lehnert deployed to G... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Israelis went to the polls on Tuesday and gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud party a decisive victory. Making almost as much news as the election results themselves were the tactics Net... -
Letter from Heads of SFRC and SASC to Kerry and Carter on South China Sea
Yesterday the Chairmen and Ranking members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (McCain and Reed) and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Corker and Menendez) sent a noteworthy letter to Secretarie... -
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
The negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program have stalled. The Times tells us that the parties---Iran and the United States, Russia, China, France, United Kingdom and Germany ---haven’t made much headway... -
Why the AUMF for the Islamic State Has Stalled
“Congress is stalled in its effort to pass a separate resolution authorizing military force against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,” write Austin Wright and Bryan Bender in a good Politico stor... -
Netanyahu's Latest "Reversal" on Palestinian Statehood
Earlier today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat down with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell, and explained that he hadn’t changed his policy on the creation of a Palestinian state. “I don't want a one... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
More news today out of Tunisia regarding the stunning militant attack on a museum in Tunis that left 23 people dead and wounded dozens more. -
New Book on Islamic State by Stern and Berger
Jessica Stern (who wrote Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill) and J.M. Berger have a new book that should be of interest to Lawfare readers: ISIS: The State of Terror. The book is a ... -
Thoughts on the Israeli Election
Over at the increasingly excellent Markaz site, my Brookings colleagues Natan Sachs and William Galston---the latter writing with Lawfare's Yishai Schwartz---have terrific commentary on the Israeli elect... -
The New (Old) Interim Convening Authority for Military Commissions
It seems Paul Oostburg Sanz, the Navy's General Counsel, will serve for the time being as the Guantanamo military commissions' Convening Authority---such temporary service being necessary in light of the...
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