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Sana’a: Iran’s Fourth Arab Capital?
Editor's Note: The Saudi-Iranian rivalry has long been a driver of instability and extremism in the Middle East, and this tension grew even worse when the Saudis executed Nimr al-Nimr, a Shiite cleric an... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Welcome to the first Week That Was of 2016. Here’s a rundown of the happenings that defined the start of the new year. In Sunday’s Foreign Policy Essay, Renanah Miles and Brian Blankenship examined Chin... -
Invitation to the Hoover Book Soiree: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon on "Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield"
The fourth in a series of our book soirees at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place next January 19, when Ben interviews Gayle Tzemach Lemmon about her new book, Ashley's War: The Un... -
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Djibouti’s First, But Will it Last?
Editor's Note: The United States has long depended on a worldwide network of military bases to project power, reassure allies, contain enemies, and fight terrorism. Indeed, as the Islamic State has metas... -
Book Review: Cully Stimson Takes on Power Wars
“Governing had turned out to be more complicated than criticizing from the private sector or campaigning.” –a senior Obama administration official. -
The Six Faces of the Islamic State
In the rhetoric of American leaders, the Islamic State is a terrorist group. The terrorism label, while accurate, is also misleading, obscuring more than it enlightens. One of the top scholars of terrori... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Aaron Zelin brought us the latest edition of the Jihadology Podcast, which features Aymenn al-Tamini in a discussion of the Islamic State’s finances and economic situation. Specifically, the two shed lig... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In a rare appearance at the Pentagon today, President Barack Obama declared that U.S. coalition forces are making progress in the fight against the Islamic State. Amid rising skepticism surrounding the A... -
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The Perils of “French Islam:” France’s Misguided Response to the Paris Attacks
Editor’s Note: Terrorism's biggest impact is rarely in the violence of the attack itself. Rather, it is the government’s response -- for better or for worse -- that often determines whether a terrorist a... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Edward Lucas on ‘Cyberphobias’
We welcome Edward Lucas, a senior editor at the Economist and author of the new book, Cyberphobia: Identity, Trust, Security and the Internet, to the show this week.
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