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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
The U.S. is pursuing an arms deal with Taiwan worth over $2 billion, Reuters says. The sale reportedly includes tanks, as well as anti-tank and anti-aircraft munitions. -
‘Notes on the Mueller Report’ Audiobook
Bob Mueller says you should read his full report—and I certainly don’t want to discourage anyone from listening to Mueller. -
De-platforming and the Online Extremist’s Dilemma
During the past several years, platforms like Twitter,YouTube and Facebook have used a combination of automated detection and human review to identify and remove extremist accounts and content from their... -
Spring 2019 Issue of Harvard National Security Journal
Elad Gil argues that judges too frequently rely on the executive’s special competence in foreign affairs to apply a de facto presumption of near-total deference, which he terms “totemic functionalism.” H... -
Confidence in Government on National Security Matters: May 2019
In July 2017, we began a polling project to measure public confidence in government institutions on national security matters on an ongoing basis. This post provides our data for the month of May 2019—an... -
Canadian National Security: News on Mali and the Norman Affair
In 1957, Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in resolving the Suez Crisis. Pearson was the first to push for the idea of a large-scale peacekeeping mission, a... -
Rational Security: The 'Washed Up Psychos' Edition
Robert Mueller speaks! What does it mean for the future of investigations and possible impeachment hearings? Bill Barr is given new authorities to declassify information about the Russia probe. And Jared... -
Border Wall Litigation Tracker
Several parties have sued the federal government in connection with the Trump administration's decision to repurpose funds to build a wall along the southern border pursuant to a national emergency decla... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Since the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump administration twice approved transfers of unclassified nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia, Sen. Tim Kaine said, according to the... -
SinoTech: U.S.-China Tech Conflict Deepens as China Creates ‘Unreliable Entities’ List
On Friday, China’s Ministry of Commerce announced the establishment of an “unreliable entities” list. Gao Feng, a ministry spokesman, said that “foreign enterprises, organizations and individuals that do... -
One Year Into Trump’s Iran Strategy: Where Do Things Stand?
In May 2018, President Trump withdrew the United States from the Iran nuclear deal—also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Shortly thereafter, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announc... -
How Trump’s Approach to the Middle East Ignores the Past, the Future, and the Human Condition
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
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