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Abdullah al-Faisal's Global Jihad
How a Jamaican preacher now facing extradition to the United States rose through the extremist ranks. -
COVID-19 Is a Severe Test for Germany’s Postwar Constitution
The coronavirus pandemic tests multiple aspects of the country’s postwar constitutional order: emergency powers, federalism, separation of powers and individual rights. -
The Middle East Unraveling
A review of Kim Ghattas, “Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East” (Henry Holt & Co., 2020) -
The State Department Should Designate the Russian Imperial Movement as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
Designation of the Russian Imperial Movement as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist is an important step, but it should be designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization, too. -
Understanding Hungary’s Authoritarian Response to the Pandemic
The coronavirus has accelerated a decade-long democratic crisis in Hungary, during which Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has weaponized rhetoric and manufactured outside threats to gradually consolidate his ... -
Maximum Pressure Still Won’t Sway Iran
The aggressive U.S. strategy has raised tensions in Iraq without creating prospects for a resolution. -
The Coronavirus Will Not Stop Globalization
The international system is more resilient than it appears. -
ChinaTalk: Domestic Coronavirus Propaganda and China-Australia Relations
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As the Coronavirus Ravages the United States, a Fragile Truce Between Beijing and Washington Takes Hold
Lawfare's biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy news. -
Time to Get a Handle on America’s Conduct of Proxy Warfare
In the past decade, proxy warfare has become a major challenge to global stability. What are the gaps in the current toolkit to regulate proxy wars? -
What Happens If the Trump Administration Designates Drug Cartels as Terrorist Organizations?
The move would allow the president to implement several criminal and financial penalties against those groups and their members—but the measures will not necessarily help the federal government combat th... -
Water Wars: Coronavirus Spreads Risk of Conflict Around the South China Sea
As the coronavirus upends military operations across the Indo-Pacific, naval powers commit to costly signaling on Taiwan and the South China Sea.



