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In a new Washington Quarterly article titled “Presidential Alliance Powers,” we wrestle with a subject that has become familiar in these pages: the chief executive’s ability to dismantle American allianc...
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In recent years, counterterrorism policy has focused on making social media platforms hostile environments for terrorists and their sympathizers. From the German NetzDG law to the U.K.’s Online Harms Whi...
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Let's start with Iran news.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called the most recent U.S. sanctions against Iran “outrageous and idiotic.” The Iranian foreign minister added that the implementation of sanctions means “the permanent ...
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Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
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Editor’s Note: Government programs to combat violent extremism get far more media attention than resources, in part because it is not clear how to make these programs stronger. Jesse Morton, a former jih...
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Amidst the rising tensions between the U.S. and Iran, Ashley Deeks analyzed the question of the use of force and the right of self-defense with respect to the U.S. response to Iran, following the attack ...
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Shane and Tamara and Susan are all away—so Rational Security is dominated this week by acting officials. The acting secretary of defense has been replaced by another acting defense secretary, and much of...
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Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
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Over the past two decades, extremists have successfully exploited both intrastate politics and interstate relations to further their own state-building projects. In particular, they have targeted margina...
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Russian and Chinese leaders understand that they’re unlikely to win a shooting war with the United States, but they have other ways to challenge Western interests, turning our greatest strengths—open soc...
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As part of an ongoing debate about U.S. cyber strategy, Dan Efrony argued that U.S. and its allies’ highly ambiguous approach to law and policy in cyberspace undermines attempts to develop clear binding ...
