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The Brexit Endgame: Deal or No Deal?
Editor’s Note: The article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. -
Artificial Intelligence and the Resort to Force
A recent post on the New York Times’s At War blog begins with this hypothetical scenario: -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Justice Department may have inadvertently revealed sealed charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Seamus Hughes of GW’s Project on Extremism discovered on Thursday night a motion filed in ... -
What to Look for in Possible Assange Charges
There’s much that’s not clear about reports that the U.S. government may have filed charges against the Wikileaks founder. Here are some questions we’ll be asking when there’s more information. -
2018 and Beyond
After brazenly interfering in the 2016 US election, Russia now “perceive[s] . . . its past efforts as successful and views the 2018 U.S. midterm elections as a potential target for Russian midterm operat... -
Russia Asserts Immunity in the DNC Case
Writing in Lawfare in April 2018, I considered the role of foreign sovereign immunity in the Democratic National Committee’s lawsuit against the Russian Federation and Russian individuals and entities. T... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor announced on Thursday that he is seeking the death penalty for five people accused in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, reports the New York Times. He says the 15... -
Presidents and War Powers
PDF Version. A review of Michael Beschloss, “Presidents of War” (Crown Books, 2018). *** -
Document: Judge Denies Russian Company's Motion to Throw Out Mueller Charge
On Nov. 15, Judge Dabney Friedrich of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia denied a motion by Concord Management and Concord Consulting LLC to dismiss charges filed in February by the spe... -
Is International Internet Regulation Just Ahead?
French President Emmanuel Macron got into a fight the other day with President Trump. That public contretempts obscured an equally significant international event—Macron gave the opening remarks at the I... -
Information Attacks on Democracies
Democracy is an information system. That's the starting place of our new paper: “Common-Knowledge Attacks on Democracy.” In it, we look at democracy through the lens of information security, trying to u... -
Last Week at the Military Commissions: Medical Complications and Voir Dire in Al-Iraqi
The military commission trying alleged al-Qaeda commander Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi reconvened on Nov. 6, after Hadi’s poor medical condition impeded the previous session in September. The Nov. 6 session ende...
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