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        Conflicting statements from U.S. leaders are undercutting the credibility of U.S. intelligence on the coronavirus.
     
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        State parties to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea have a lawful and peaceful way to uphold the international rule of law and counter China’s disregard of a 2016 arbitral tribunal’s legally bindi...
     
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        The Justice Department makes an unfathomably bad argument in dismissing the case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
     
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        While Beijing’s responsibility for violations of international legal obligations seems evident, International Court of Justice precedent on causality and reparations will probably thwart any efforts to m...
     
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        The failure to secure digital election systems would be a glaring concern in any election year. COVID-19 will only exacerbate these issues.
     
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        In the U.S., efforts to develop digital contact-tracing systems have largely fallen to states and tech companies—though privacy advocates have voiced concerns about the invasiveness of such apps.
     
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        In a ruling on May 4, the Ninth Circuit denied the government's request for a stay of a nationwide preliminary injunction against a presidential proclamation barring admission of immigrants without "appr...