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Tornado Cash Is Not Free Speech. It’s a Golem
Tornado Cash is a deathless artificial being, animated by magical words to circumvent the law. -
Biden-Harris Administration Releases National Security Strategy
The National Security Strategy set out priorities for the U.S. in an era of great power competition and identified China and Russia as two nations of focus for U.S. security efforts. -
ChinaTalk: EMERGENCY PODCAST: New Tech Export Controls with Kevin Wolf
The latest episode of ChinaTalk. -
What Can a Secretive Funding Authority Tell Us About the Pentagon’s Use of Force Interpretations?
An obscure counterterrorism authority has been used to create and control proxy forces throughout the war on terror—its use across Africa and Asia points to broader interpretations of the 2001 AUMF and t... -
Women and Children to the Front
Across ideologies, women and children are playing more prominent roles in terrorist groups. -
What Is the Controversy on Repatriations From Syria About?
A summary of the background of the repatriation controversy and the stakes of the situation in the wake of the ECtHR’s H.F. v. France judgment. -
France Called Out for Ignoring Plea to Repatriate Citizens in Syria
While cautious in its legal reasoning, the European Court of Human Rights ruling was a limited victory for advocates of repatriation. States are constrained by their human rights commitments—even on the ... -
A Moment of Strategic Clarity
Russia's military mobilization and annexation of portions of Eastern Ukraine narrows the possible options for Ukraine and its partners. -
Cyberwar in Ukraine: What You See Is Not What’s Really There
Cyberwarfare during the Russian invasion of Ukraine has not played out as some expected—but it has an impact with some important long-term implications. -
Maryland Couple Indicted For Illegal Disclosure of American Health Information to Russia
On Thursday afternoon, the Justice Department unsealed an indictment charging Anna Gabrielian—a Maryland doctor—and her husband, Jamie Lee Henry—a major in the U.S. Army—with conspiracy and for the discl... -
Russian Oligarch and Allies Indicted For Sanctions Evasion
The Justice Department unsealed an indictment charging Russian oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska,and two associates with conspiracy to violate U.S. sanctions imposed on Deripaska and one of his busin... -
Tornado Cash Sanctions Are Unduly ‘Creative’ With the First Amendment
The chilling effects of the Treasury Department’s unprecedented sanctions against code itself are being felt well beyond the cryptocurrency community, threatening the entire open source software ecosyste...
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