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One Year Out: Reflections on the Iran Nuclear Deal
Contrary to much of the apocalyptic speculation when the Iran nuclear agreement was first signed, the world has not, in fact, collapsed in the subsequent year. On Monday—a few days past the deal’s one-ye... -
Joseph Hassan Farrokh Sentenced for Attempted Material Support to ISIL
Last Friday, a federal district court in the Eastern District of Virginia sentenced Joseph Hassan Farrokh, a 29-year-old man from Woodbridge, Virginia, to 102 months in prison for attempting to provide m... -
U.S. Response to the South China Sea Arbitration and the Limits of the Diplomatic “Shamefare” Option
In a post last week, I argued that the recent UN Convention for the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) arbitral award against China opens the legal door to more aggressive U.S. freedom of navigation operations (FON... -
Turks, Arabs, and Leadership
When Turkish people of all ages took to the streets on July 15 to face army tanks and take a stand for their democratically elected government, Turkish soldiers--except in a handful of instances—refused ... -
The South China Sea Arbitration: Implications for the Senkaku Islands
One of the big takeaways from the South China Sea arbitration is that the high-tide features in the Spratly Islands are mere “rocks” under Article 121(3) of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea becaus... -
Brexit: The UK Goes Back to the Future
Editor's Note: Is the United Kingdom part of Europe? Perhaps influenced too much by my childhood Risk board, my answer has long been “yes.” But the Brexit vote calls this identity into question, and unce... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Will McCants on "A Caliphate Without a Caliphate"
Will McCants, a Senior Fellow at Brookings and the Director of the Project on US Relations with the Islamic World, comes on the podcast to discuss ISIS’s involvement in the recent spate of terrorist att... -
Iran’s Arbitrary Arrests Hurt It More than “Westoxication” Ever Could
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Markaz. *** -
House Intel Committee Releases Missing 28 Pages from 9/11 Inquiry
The House Intelligence Committee today released the long-classified 28 pages of a 2002 congressional inquiry into the 9/11 attacks that deal with the alleged role of Saudi Arabia in the attacks. -
The Iran Deal: Off to an Encouraging Start, but Expect Challenges
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Markaz. *** One year after its conclusion, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) remains controversial in Tehran and Washington, with opponen... -
Still In Peril in the LGBT Capital of the Arab World
“They had thrown his corpse in the garbage. His genitals were cut off and a piece of his throat was ripped out…One of the tortures they used on him was a very strong glue to close his anus, after which h... -
China’s Legacy Maritime Claims
Much has been written over the past several days regarding the unanimous landmark decision in the arbitration case between the Philippines and China, which soundly repudiates China’s excessive claims and...
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