The State Department's decision to add Cuba to the Not Fully Cooperating Country list could signal a more aggressive policy.

What on earth is going on with FISA reform in Congress?

The department argues that a provision giving greater power to amici arguing before the FISA Court could endanger national security. That argument strains credulity.

What’s in the decision that brings the Huawei CFO one step closer to U.S. extradition?

A review of Darryl Li’s The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity (Stanford University Press, 2019).

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made history yesterday when he refused to certify that Hong Kong is autonomous from China. What’s the significance of that move?

Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to walk away from agreements with Israel and the United States, but it's not clear what that would mean in practice.

The German Constitutional Court ruled that German espionage activity must conform to the country’s constitution, even if conducted overseas on non-German citizens. What’s in the ruling?