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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
President Trump’s May 24 emergency declaration regarding threats from Iran allows Raytheon to partner with the Saudi Arabian Military Industries Company, a state-owned enterprise, to assemble parts for t... -
Reflections on Robert Mueller
Robert Mueller must have known that he was having serious trouble with his public when New York Times columnist Gail Collins suggested he might be a wimp. -
More Diplomacy, Less Intervention, but for What? Making Sense of the Grand Strategy Debate
Whatever else 2019 turns out to be, it will enjoy a strong case for being remembered as the golden age of debate over American national security strategy. In the month of April alone, four publications p... -
Draft Resolution Streamlining Subpoena Enforcement
On June 11, the House of Representatives will consider a resolution to enable committee chairs to seek judicial enforcement of subpoenas with only the approval of a panel of House leadership, rather than... -
Announcing 'Reflections on the Mueller Report,' a New Lawfare E-book
A new Lawfare Institute e-book, "Reflections on the Mueller Report," is now available on Kindle. -
Hong Kong’s Proposed Extradition Law and International Human Rights: Legalized Kidnapping?
In a growing number of cases over the past few years, China has used state-sponsored kidnapping as a means of delivering rough justice to individuals abroad. Both Chinese citizens and foreign nationals h... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
The U.S. is pursuing an arms deal with Taiwan worth over $2 billion, Reuters says. The sale reportedly includes tanks, as well as anti-tank and anti-aircraft munitions. -
‘Notes on the Mueller Report’ Audiobook
Bob Mueller says you should read his full report—and I certainly don’t want to discourage anyone from listening to Mueller. -
De-platforming and the Online Extremist’s Dilemma
During the past several years, platforms like Twitter,YouTube and Facebook have used a combination of automated detection and human review to identify and remove extremist accounts and content from their... -
Spring 2019 Issue of Harvard National Security Journal
Elad Gil argues that judges too frequently rely on the executive’s special competence in foreign affairs to apply a de facto presumption of near-total deference, which he terms “totemic functionalism.” H... -
Confidence in Government on National Security Matters: May 2019
In July 2017, we began a polling project to measure public confidence in government institutions on national security matters on an ongoing basis. This post provides our data for the month of May 2019—an... -
Canadian National Security: News on Mali and the Norman Affair
In 1957, Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in resolving the Suez Crisis. Pearson was the first to push for the idea of a large-scale peacekeeping mission, a...
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