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Yesterday, Scott Charney, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President for Trustworthy Computing announced a new white paper about cybersecurity norms for nation-states and the global information and communicati...
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Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Markaz.
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Britain rocked the Continent last night after voters decided last night that it was time for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.
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Although drone warfare to date has overwhelmingly been analyzed in the context of US operations against non-state actors - Al Qaeda or affiliated groups or, more recently, ISIS - much of the impact of dr...
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The current encryption debate is gridlocked. For the past year, privacy advocates, civil libertarians, Department of Justice attorneys, cryptographers, and others have been stonewalling one another, exch...
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With Stewart on vacation, the blockchain takes over the podcast! In episode 121, Jason Weinstein and Alan Cohn talk all things bitcoin, blockchain, and distributed ledger technology, and interview Jamie ...
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According to a statement issued today by the Russian Foreign Ministry (thanks to the OUP International Law Blog for flagging it), during the upcoming June 25, 2016 state visit of the Russian president to...
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The UK’s decision to leave the European Union could be a big blow for United States national security – and for global privacy. The UK has always served as a bridge between America and Europe. Its deci...
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This Sunday the New York Times Book Review prints my all-too-brief rundown of Mark Danner’s new Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War. Danner’s book is not a work of academic analysis or journalistic report...
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This summer has been dominated by headlines about long lines at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints at the nation’s airports. Surely, countless meetings are currently being held at D...
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As I write this, British voters are deciding a referendum on “Brexit,” Britain’s potential exit from the European Union. By the time you read it, we might know how the the electorate went. Over the last ...
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Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on Markaz.
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The Oxford Handbook of the Use of Force in International Law (edited by the highly distinguished Cambridge University international law scholar Marc Weller) labors under two handicaps before ever reachin...
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In the spirit of enjoying a little bit of light hearted diversion, I offer this link to a semi-serious analysis of the prospects of Daenrys Targaryen reclaiming the Iron Throne of Westros. The assessmen...
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Despite recent losses at the hands of internationally backed forces in Syria, Iraq and Libya, Islamic State militants have displayed stubborn resilience, delivering strong counteroffensives in all three ...
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Editor’s note: This post also appears at Just Security.
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The American political system has gone insane. The great Jonathan Rauch makes a guest appearance on the show to discuss his new Atlantic cover story on "How American Politics Went Insane" and what insane...
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The issue of compatibility of Islam and modern liberal democratic values keeps on creeping into the public debate following each terrorist attack and each tragic development in the Middle East, and there...
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In a recent post, Bruce Schneier says that “CIA Director John Brennan Pretends Foreign Cryptography Doesn't Exist”, and suggests that Brennan is either lying or ignorant. Bruce cites, in full, the relev...
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In response to yesterday’s suicide bombing on Jordan’s border with Syria, Amman has declared its borders with Syria and Iraq to be closed military zones. The attack consisted of a truck “full of explosiv...