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‘Sanctions Are Coming,’ But Trump Has No Achievable End Game for Iran
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. -
How Might a Democratic Congress Improve Counterterrorism and Middle East Policy
The power balance in Washington has shifted at least a little now that the Democrats have won the House. In addition to being able to pass legislation and shape the budget, Democrats now have the power t... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The final tally of U.S. troops deployed to the southern border in anticipation of the migrant caravan moving northward through Mexico has increased to 8,000 total troops, reports the Wall Street Journal. -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Bold Prediction Episode: Foreign Governments Will Not Hack This Election
This episode puts our experts on the spot with an election-eve question: Will foreign governments attack US electoral rolls or vote-counting machinery in 2018? Remarkably, no one on our panel (Matthew He... -
The Death of Cyber Utopia
PDF Version A review of P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking's “LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media” (Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, October 2018). *** -
U.S. Reimposes Sanctions on Iran, New Wave of Islamic State Attacks, Calls for Yemen Ceasefire Fail to Halt Fighting in Hodeidah
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Document: Joint Intelligence Community Statement on Election Day Preparations
On Nov. 6, 2018—Election Day—the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a joint statement, along with the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice and the FBI, affirmi... -
Speech of NSA General Counsel Glenn Gerstell to 2018 ABA National Security Law Conference
National Security Agency General Counsel Glenn S. Gerstell made the following keynote address on Nov. 1 at the American Bar Association's Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law Conference. (... -
Document: CRS Report on 25th Amendment
On Monday, the Congressional Research Service published the following report on the 25th Amendment and the many controversies around its treatment of presidential disability. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
This morning, the second round of punitive U.S. sanctions on Iran went into effect. Multiple European countries, including the UK, France and Germany, are planning to work around these sanctions by way o... -
The Ethical Landmine of Undermining a President From Within
Before Donald Trump secured the Republican Party nomination in the summer of 2016, Lawfare and others hosted articles expressing concern about the potential impact of a Trump presidency on national-secur... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Wednesday, Nov. 7 at 12 p.m.: The Atlantic Council will host a discussion on the second round of U.S. sanctions on Iran. The Atlantic Council...
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