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Empty Threats and Warnings on Cyber
President Biden warned Vladimir Putin that the U.S. will take “necessary action” if Russia does not disrupt ransomware attacks from its soil. The problem with this warning is that the U.S. has been pledg... -
After the Biden-Putin Summit, U.S.-Russia Expert Consultations Should Focus on the Financial Sector
A bilateral agreement on cyberattacks against financial integrity would be an important first step that could help build confidence to make progress on other, more challenging areas. Yet, even for this i... -
Challenges in Combating Terrorism and Extremism Online
Preventing online radicalization will require a collaborative approach with companies from around the world. -
ChinaTalk: China's Solar Industry and Forced Labor
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The Rift Between Turkey and Israel Continues to Deepen
Despite signs of rapprochement, new faultlines are emerging over freedom of navigation in the eastern Mediterranean. -
Assessing the Threat of Weaponized Corruption
President Biden has established fighting corruption as a "core national security interest" and instructed his Cabinet to recommend a new whole-of-government strategy to do so. To form such a strategy, th... -
Water Wars: No One in the Mood for Compromise in the South China Sea
ASEAN member states met in June as tensions in the South China Sea continue to rise. -
ChinaTalk: Larry Summers on China
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Remembering the Khobar Towers Bombing
The terrorist attack on the Khobar Towers was the bloodiest attack on America between the Beirut Marine barracks disaster in 1983 and September 11, 2001. Its legacy still haunts Washington’s relations wi... -
How the United States Can Compete With Chinese Influence in Southeast Asia
Promoting regional interdependence through U.S. partners might give Southeast Asian countries more policy independence from Washington, but will also make them more resilient to Chinese influence. -
Time To End India’s War on Sedition
The offense of sedition, introduced by the colonial British government to criminalize dissent, continues to be on India’s statute books 70 years after independence. It’s time for India’s Supreme Court to... -
Déjà vu—Russia’s Illegal Restrictions on Innocent Passage in the Black Sea
The Associated Press reported that the Russian military claimed one of its warships had fired warning shots in front of the HMS Defender after the British destroyer ignored a warning that it would be fir...



