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Confidence in Government on National Security Matters: June 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 June 2019. -
U.N. Security Council Resolution on Protecting People With Disabilities in Armed Conflict
On June 20, the United Nations Security Council passed a unanimous resolution to protect people with disabilities in armed conflict and ensure they have equal access to humanitarian assistance. The groun... -
Livestream: House Judiciary Hearing on Constitutional Processes for Addressing Presidential Misconduct
The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled “Lessons from the Mueller Report, Part III: Constitutional Processes for Addressing Presidential Misconduct” at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. A video of th... -
Do Patents Protect National Security?
On June 12, the Wall Street Journal broke the story that Chinese firm Huawei Technologies Co. had asserted more than 200 patents against Verizon Communications Inc., reportedly demanding more than $1 bil... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Multiple Iranian military vessels attempted to seize a British oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday before a British navy vessel “got between them and issued a verbal warning [to the Iranian s... -
What Really Happened in the Cyber Command Action Against Iran?
Amid rising tensions with Iran following the country’s downing of a U.S. surveillance drone last month, President Trump reportedly ordered and then called off military strikes against targets in Iran. So... -
Canada to Lead NATO Mission Iraq for Another Year
At the end of June, Canadian Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan announced that his country will continue to command NATO Mission Iraq (NMI) until November 2020, rather than handing off leadership to another ... -
Freedom to Grieve: On the Israeli Supreme Court Decision of Combatants for Peace v. Minister of Defense
In the past few years, the Israeli Supreme Court has been a target of political attacks, mostly from conservative circles, which claim that it prefers universal human rights over national values. These g... -
Rational Security: The 'Special Relationship' Edition
The British ambassador to the U.S. resigns after his candid opinions on President Trump are leaked. Federal prosecutors intensify their investigation of a top Trump fundraiser. And a malicious conspiracy... -
Court Denies Motion to Dismiss in Travel Ban Case
On July 10, Judge Victoria A. Roberts of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan denied the government’s motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ third amended complaint in Arab American Ci... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Sir Kim Darroch resigned on Wednesday following a leak of diplomatic cables in which he refers to the Trump administration as “inept” and “clumsy” and President Trump’s announ... -
Annual Polling Confirms Sustained Public Confidence in U.S. Intelligence
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs recently published results from the second round of an annual poll, sponsored by the Texas National Security Network at the University of Texas at Austin, which aims...
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