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The ICANN Transition of Internet Governance
I didn't get a chance to post this over the weekend, but for those who are following the discussion over whether and how to transition control over the internet naming function to the international commu... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Last week, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), the outgoing chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), sent a letter to the White House outlining reforms she plans to initiate to “make ... -
Cliff Sloan on Closing Guantanamo
Worth flagging: yesterday's New York Times opinion piece, which was published in the wake of Sloan's departure from the State Department last month. -
The Grand Prize Winner of Our Snazzy Drawing
Some time back, I promised that if you donated to Lawfare before year's end, each dollar of contribution would constitute a separate chance to win neato Lawfare prizes. The year having ended, Cody, Wells... -
Senator Feinstein on Anti-Torture Reforms
On December 30, the outgoing Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senator Dianne Feinstein, sent a letter to the White House. The document---which was released earlier today---overvi... -
Quick Responses to Schneier on Attribution in the Sony Hack
Bruce Schneier has two typically fine new essays on the Sony hack. The first (at the Atlantic.com) argues that “we still don’t know who’s behind” the Sony hack, and the second (at Time.com) explains why... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A U.S. drone strike killed between six and nine suspected militants in northwest Pakistan yesterday. Reuters has the story. The Daily Beast reveals, after obtaining an internal U.S. Air Force service me... -
Palestine and the ICC: An (Imagined) View from Inside the Court
There has been considerable speculation about how the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Court (ICC) might react to the State of Palestine’s move to join the ICC. Some have sugg... -
The Palestinian Authority’s Lose-Lose-Lose Move on ICC
Just before the end of the year, the Palestinian Authority took steps to become party to the Rome Statute and thereby join the International Criminal Court (ICC). This is a lose-lose-lose move: it is bad... -
The Week that Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Welcome to the first full week of 2015! -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Will China’s Economy Dominate the 21st Century?
Editor’s Note: China’s huge population and spectacular economic growth since the 1980s at first gave rise to fears, and now a sense of inevitability, that China will surpass the United States in the 21st... -
The Holiday Fortnight that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
As news broke of the cyberattack on Sony, Jack wrote of just how befuddled the US government seemed to be about how to respond. After years of thinking on cyberwar and perhaps thousands of roundtables, t...
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