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Lawfare No Bull: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on Birthright Citizenship Challenge
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Lawfare Daily: Frank Dikötter on the Early Years of Chinese Communism
Frank Dikötter discusses his new book “Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Humanity." -
America Used to Own the Internet. Now It’s Running Scared.
The U.S. restricted data transfers abroad. Cast as an assertion of sovereignty, the new posture signals weakness in great-power competition. -
Non-State Entities and National Security
As NSEs play a greater role in national security, states are pushing back—necessitating a new framework for national security governance. -
Rational Security: The “Deeply Iran-ic” Edition
Scott Anderson, Daniel Byman, Tyler McBrien, and Natalie Orpett talked through aspects of the week’s biggest Iran-focused news stories. -
Lawfare Daily: Yaqiu Wang on Surveillance, Censorship, and Emerging Technologies in the PRC
A human right advocate discusses the role of emerging technologies in China’s surveillance apparatus. -
Lawfare Daily: Arne Westad on ‘The Coming Storm’
Arne Westad discusses 19th- and 20th-century power politics. -
Revenge of Rumsfeld’s Fourth Quadrant—Closing the Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s closure of the strait reveals a lack of U.S. operational planning in a foreseeable contingency. -
Understanding Iran’s Strategy—Then, Now, and Next
A review of Vali Nasr’s “Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History” (Princeton University Press, 2025) -
Congress: Give the President Discretion to Remove the Cuba Embargo
The statutory codification of the Cuba embargo limits U.S. options to change sanctions. -
End of the Sde Teiman Abuse Case: The IDF MAG Withdraws Indictments
Following a public scandal involving the old MAG, the new MAG terminated proceedings against soldiers charged with serious abuse of a Palestinian detainee. -
Lawfare Daily: Beyond the Headlines: A History of U.S.-Iran Relations
What are the key events that have shaped the U.S.-Iran relationship?
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