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Iran’s Foreign Policy Weaknesses, and Opportunities to Exploit Them
Iran is often painted as a powerful monster whose tentacles stretch across the greater Middle East, but the Islamic Republic suffers from array of problems at home and abroad. The latest protests—the mos... -
Iran Convulsed by Economic Protests
At least 12 people have been killed amid nearly a week of protests throughout Iran. Thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets, spreading from a march in Mashhad, Iran’s second-largest city, on Dece... -
Sexuality- and Gender-Based Crackdowns Under Egyptian Law
Homosexuality is not technically illegal in Egypt. But Egyptian authorities are cracking down on the LGBT community, its supporters, and advocates for social liberalization more broadly. In September, th... -
The Tragedy of the Mass-Shooter Algorithm
Editor’s Note: Rampage killings are a longstanding U.S. problem that is only growing worse. After many attacks, law-enforcement officials discover social media postings or writings that indicated murder ... -
Back to the ‘Ticking Bomb’ Doctrine
The Israeli High Court of Justice’s Dec. 12 decision in Abu Ghosh v. -
Approaches to International Cyberlaw: A View from Israel
It’s not often that we come away from international law workshops most impressed and inspired by methodological debates. But that was our common takeaway of a recent Hebrew University Cyber Security Rese... -
The Year in Review: The Middle East Keeps Ticking
Around this time last year, we rang in 2017 with a review of the year that was in the Middle East and a series of questions: -
A Critique of the Trump Administration’s Case for Presidential War Making
On Dec. 11, the New York City Bar Association hosted a session on “The Global War on Terrorism: Do We Need a New AUMF?” William Castle, deputy general counsel of the Department of Defense, explained why ... -
Water Wars: East China Sea-son’s Greetings
On Dec. 6, following two days of talks in Shanghai, China and Japan reached a tentative agreement on the implementation of a crisis management hotline to avoid sea and air clashes in disputed areas of th... -
‘Pressure Techniques’ and Oversight of Shin Bet Interrogations: Abu Gosh v. Attorney General
Last week, the Supreme Court of Israel issued a decision concerning one of the most sensitive areas of counterterrorism policy and practice. The decision considered so-called “pressure techniques” the Is... -
The National Security Strategy and the Middle East, Trump's Jerusalem Mess, and Riyadh's Nuclear Plans
What the National Security Strategy Means for U.S. Policy in the Middle East -
The White House's Ambiguous Jerusalem Policy
Last week, I wrote for Lawfare's feed at Foreign Policy about the ambiguity in the president's Dec. 6 announcement that the United States will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The piece begi...
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