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Readings: "Using Force on Land to Suppress Piracy at Sea," by Steven R. Obert
Although piracy in the Indian Ocean by Somali pirates is sharply down in the last year or two, threats remain and an increase in attacks is far from impossible. After all, little has been done to disrup... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
After weeks dominated by talk of surveillance reform, Lawfare is slowly returning to its usual eclectic self. Wells flagged Guantanamo detainee Al Rahabi’s hearing with the Periodic Review Board. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Directors from five intelligence agencies appeared yesterday to testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Although nothing earth-shattering was revealed at the public hearing, there were some tes... -
A Lawfare Farewell: Raffaela Wakeman
I don't normally write a post noting departures from our masthead. Our student contributors come and go with the turn of the seasons. They write for a while and then take clerkships, go to law firms, or ... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Frederic Wehrey on "The Roots--and Blowback--of the New Sectarianism"
Examples of religious strife are numerous in the Middle East and elsewhere. Yet more frequently, religious communities have lived side-by-side, if not always arm-in-arm. In the Middle East today, howev... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
As the week started, Lawfare continued with its coverage of last Friday’s presidential speech on surveillance reform. John wanted a strong condemnation of Edward Snowden, and was disappointed that the Pr... -
Modirzadeh on National Security Law as a Field
Naz Modirzadeh (Senior Fellow at the Counterterrorism and Humanitarian Engagement Project) has a paper in the latest issue of the Harvard National Security Journal that (i) posits the existence of distin... -
Readings: Sean Wilentz on Snowden, Greenwald, and Assange
Over at the New Republic, Sean Wilentz has this fascinating long piece about the ideologies of Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and Glenn Greenwald. -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Charles Lister on "The anti-Jihadist Revolt in Syria"
The revolt against the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (greater Syria), usually referred to by its acronym ISIS, is the latest dramatic turn in the Syrian civil war. In the last few weeks, a range of r... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
This week Lawfare focused on the debate over surveillance reform. -
Brookings Event on President Obama's Speech
Below is the video of the discussion that took place today at Brookings on the President's NSA speech. -
Brookings Event on the President's Speech Tomorrow
The Brookings Institution will host---and Ben will speak at---a panel event tomorrow afternoon following President Obama's speech on NSA reform and the Review Group Report. We will embed the event video,... -
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the President's Review Group Report
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing to review the Report of the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology. The scheduled witnesses are the members of the Revi... -
"Afghanistan: A Distant War," by Robert Nickelsberg
Afghanistan: A Distant War Robert Nickelsberg; Foreword by Jon Lee Anderson; Introduction by Ahmad Nader Nadery Prestel U -
The Foreign Policy Essay: "Syria's Other Foreign Fighters"
The Syria conflict hasn’t really stayed in Syria. The trickle of Sunni jihadists traveling to Syria to fight quickly became a flood, with their numbers rapidly surpassing those in past wars, the anti-Sov... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare In One Post
Although this week’s most noteworthy leaks came out of the New Jersey Governor’s office, Lawfare is still analyzing the ripples of earlier federal disclosures. Raffaela pointed us to two statements out ... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: "2013 – The Year We Lost Iraq?"
Violence in Iraq in 2013 was worse than at any time since 2008 – when Iraq was still in the throes of its all-out civil war that had led to over 100,000 deaths. And Iraq’s problems are getting worse, not... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare In One Post
Reviewing the Reviewers: The President's Review Group report continues to inspire debate. Carrie Cordero gave a thoughtful three-part analysis of the Report: Part I looked at the Review Group's process ... -
Joel Brenner: "Mr. Wemmick's Condition; Or, Privacy as a Disposition, Complete with Skeptical Observations Regarding Various Regulatory Enthusiasms" (Lawfare Research Paper Series)
The War on Law Reviews continues on many fronts: land, sea, air, and particularly in the cyber domain, where today I am pleased to offer the next paper in the Lawfare Research Paper Series: Joel Brenner’... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: C. Christine Fair on "Lashkar-e-Taiba: Pakistan’s Domesticated Terrorists"
Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT), which operates under the name Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JUD), is both an important and misunderstood terrorist group. LeT grabbed world attention in 2008, when its operatives attacked hotel...
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