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What's the Deal with Crimea? A Brief History in Links
Russia's recent military actions in Crimea have many wondering what (and where) Crimea is, anyway. Here are the basics on geography and history. Crimea is a Ukranian peninsula in the northern Black Sea ... -
The Continuing Low-Grade Cyber Conflict Between Ukraine and Russia
The Russia-Ukraine conflict is quickly becoming a textbook example of low-grade cyber tactics that will likely occur in almost all future conflicts. It has yet to, thankfully, graduate to a full-scale c... -
International Court of Justice Bans Australian Spying on East Timor and its Lawyers
Speaking of Australian spying on its regional neighbors and its lawyers, which we were the other day, the International Court of Justice has handed down a decision in a dispute between Australia and East... -
CRS Report on Whether Congress Can Compel Disclosure of FISA Opinions
Over at Secrecy News, the estimable Steve Aftergood writes: Could Congress legally compel the executive branch to disclose classified opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court? Maybe not, ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Events in Ukraine continue to dominate today’s national security conversations. The New York Times reports on Vladamir Putin’s first public remarks on the Crimean crisis, remarks that struck a defiant to... -
Welcome TechTank---A New Brookings Tech Policy Blog
Several of my Brookings colleagues have gotten together to start a new technology policy blog, appropriately entitled TechTank. -
Federalist Society Event on "The NSA, Security, Privacy, and Intelligence"
From last Monday, here is video of the Federalist Society's event, "The NSA, Security, Privacy, and Intelligence." Panel I: Foreign Intelligence Collection and the FISA Court Mr. Harley Geiger, Senior... -
Reflections on the Chatham House Autonomy Conference
Chatham House recently held a conference on autonomous military technologies, the focus of which was really the current debate regarding autonomous weapon systems. Kudos to Chatham House for leaning forw... -
The Crimean Crisis: Commentary on International Law Ramifications
As a service to Lawfare readers, we have compiled some other web commentary on the legal aspects of the crisis in Crimea. -
The Debate About the NSA Is Over
Well, not really. But you know that a trend is going against the NSA when the American Bar Association offers a course entitled, "The Ethical Implications of NSA Surveillance." According to the the ABA... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
All eyes remain locked on the Crimean Peninsula. On Sunday Russia sent an estimated 6,000 troops into the region, according to the New York Times, prompting President Obama to rally allies and embark on ... -
NATO to the Cyber-Defense?
As a follow up to my post of yesterday about cyber in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, here is another thought from Admiral (Ret.) James Stavridis, the former commander of NATO. In his view NATO should: Co...
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