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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Winston Churchill famously declared, "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." Almost 80 years later, that's President Putin in a nutshell: th... -
Defining Success for the ICANN Transition
Last week, the Administration announced its plan to devolve governance of the Internet’s naming function (which goes by the acronym IANA) to a non-profit organization, the Internet Corporation for Assign... -
The Week That Will Be
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"Treasury's War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare," by Juan Zarate
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The Foreign Policy Essay: The State of the International Order
Editor’s Note: The United States has long favored a robust international order—but defining the salient characteristics of the international order and evaluating its structure and stability can be diffic... -
A Very Brief Reply to Glenn Greenwald
Over at his new publication, The Intercept, Glenn Greenwald has a piece taking to task those criticizing Edward Snowden for news stories that, in fact, reflect the editorial judgments of the newspapers t... -
The NYT on NSA's Huawei Penetration [UPDATED]
David Sanger and Nicole Perlroth report about how the NSA has successfully placed backdoors into the networks of the Chinese Telecommunications giant Huawei for purposes of (a) discerning Huawei's links ... -
Lawfare Podcast, Episode #67: An Address by NATO's Secretary General
This week, my Brookings colleagues in our Foreign Policy Program hosted an address by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen for a speech and audience Q&A on Russia, Ukraine and Crimea and, more ge... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Let's start with NSA news. This week, attention shifted slightly from from NSA’s domestic 215 program to its foreign collection activities. -
More from the FISC on Preservation Orders in Civil Cases Against NSA and Metadata Destruction
This just in from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court---in the person of its Presiding Judge, Reggie Walton, and regarding data retention issues. These have arisen, of course, in light of the FIS... -
Thornberry and Lumpkin on AUMF Renewal
Last week I noted an interesting exchange on AUMF renewal (and life in a post-AUMF world) during Michael Lumpkin's March 11 testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. When Lumpkin appeared be... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Obama has expanded sanctions on Russia just as President Putin formally completed Russia's annexation of Crimea.
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