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Speaker Ryan Releases GOP National Security Strategy
In an event yesterday at the Council on Foreign Relations, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) released the House Republican's 2016 national security strategy. -
To Really Improve the Lives of Syrian Refugees, Turkey and the World Must Cooperate Better
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Look Who’s Coming to Dinner: Diplomacy Meets Transparency at the Israeli Ambassador’s Residence in Washington
The Israeli Supreme Court on Monday ordered Israel’s Foreign Ministry to disclose the names of the participants at a seder dinner hosted by the Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Ron Dermer, in April 2014. ... -
Europeans in the South China Sea
At Foreign Policy, Keith Johnson and Dan De Luce report on a new European pushback against China's South China Sea policies: France has thrown its hat into the acrimonious South China Sea debate, calli... -
China’s Ridiculously Weak Legal Argument Against Complying with the South China Sea Arbitration Award
The forthcoming arbitral award in the dispute between the Philippines and China has become one of the most anticipated international judicial decisions in recent history, even dominating discussion at th... -
National Security in a Data Age
Editor's Note: Data should drive decision-making – the real question is how much should it do so? As big data and data analytics expand, it is tempting to assume they can solve many of the problems forei... -
The Lawfare Podcast: How's the Iran Deal Really Going?
This week, the Brookings Institution held an event on a new Brookings report on implementation of the Iran Deal: -
Has the U.S. Quietly Ramped Up the Air Campaign Against AQAP in Yemen?
CENTCOM has just released a summary of publicly-acknowledged airstrikes conducted against AQAP targets in Yemen over the first five months of 2016. The list includes three strikes from February and Marc... -
Israel talks to the ICC prosecutor
Reuters is reporting that Israeli officials are speaking with the prosector of the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding its preliminary examination in Palestine. Israel is not an ICC member and h... -
How to Limit JASTA's Adverse Impact
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What the U.S. Can Do to Guard Against a Proliferation Cascade in the Middle East
This article originally appeared on Markaz. -
DOD Airstrike in Somalia: Still Wondering About the PPG's Application
DOD has announced an airstrike on an al Shabaab official in Somalia:
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