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The Irony of 'White House Warriors'
PDF Version. A review of John Gans, "White House Warriors: How the National Security Council Transformed the American Way of War" (Liveright, 2019). *** -
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A New Source of U.S. Influence in Iraq
Editor’s Note: U.S. influence in Iraq, uneven in the best of times, often suffers from a lack of leverage. As a result, the United States has found it harder to counter Iran’s influence, fight terrorism,... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes shared the fourth episode of The Report, Lawfare’s podcast series telling the story contained in Robert Mueller’s 448-page report. The series is available on all major... -
Paid Policy Incubator Fellowship For Technologists: A Call for Applications
Silicon Valley needs to understand Washington. While Valley companies increasingly make decisions that affect millions—even billions—of people, too many technologists still fail to grasp the important ro... -
Justice Department Amicus Brief in Mazars Case
On August 6, the Justice Department filed an amicus brief in Trump v. Mazars, President Trump’s suit challenging a subpoena by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform for the release of Trump’s finan... -
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Revisiting Marawi: Women and the Struggle Against the Islamic State in the Philippines
Editor’s Note: The Islamic State’s crimes against women are well known, but it has also managed to appeal to women to join the fight directly or otherwise support the group. Too often, however, governmen... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Friday, Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes shared the third episode of The Report, Lawfare’s podcast series telling the story contained in Robert Mueller’s 448-page report. The series is available on... -
Court Denies Stone's Motion to Dismiss Charges
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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
On Wednesday, North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles, the second such test in less than one week, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, Yonhap News Agency reports. -
Trying (and Failing) to Put Kaiser Wilhelm II on Trial
PDF version. A review of William A. Schabas, “The Trial of the Kaiser” (Oxford University Press, 2018) *** -
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Frankenstein at 200
Review of Mary Shelley, “'Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds,’ ed. David H. Guston, Ed Finn, and Jason Scott Robert.” (MIT Press, 2018) *** -
Trump’s Three Missteps on Pakistan
Editor’s Note: Pakistan is where good policy options go to die. U.S. administrations have struggled to develop a coherent and effective policy toward Islamabad, trying to coerce and co-opt it, with limit... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Friday, Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes shared the second episode of The Report, Lawfare’s podcast series telling the story contained in Robert Mueller’s 448-page report. The series is available o... -
Partisan Politics and Federal Law Enforcement: The Promise and Corruption of Reconstruction
PDF Version. A review of Charles Lane, ‘Freedom’s Detective: The Secret Service, the Ku Klux Klan and the Man Who Masterminded America’s First War on Terror" (Hanover Square Press, 2019) *** -
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Managing and Mitigating Foreign Election Interference
Editor’s Note: With the exception of the president of the United States, we all know that Russia and other powers have run amok in their attempts to influence U.S. elections and those of other democracie... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes introduced Lawfare’s new podcast series, entitled The Report, which tells the story contained in Robert Mueller’s 448-page report. The first episode is available on al...
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