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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Abdulrahman Ahmad Alsheikh, an American citizen imprisoned by the military for more than 13 months without trial on suspicions of being a member of Islamic State, was released on Monday in Bahrain, repor... -
New Hoover Project on Governance in an Emerging World
The Hoover Institution has launched a new Project on Governance in an Emerging New World that explores the challenge to governance posed by changing demographics, the information and communications revol... -
The Week That Will Be
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Three Ways to Leave the INF Treaty
Editor’s note: This piece has been expanded to address the possibility that the United States views the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty as a multilateral, not bilateral, treaty. -
Doe v. Mattis Ends With a Transfer and a Cancelled Passport: Lessons Learned
His name, it turns out, is Abdulrahman Ahmad Alsheikh. -
Artificial Intelligence – A Counterintelligence Perspective: Part IV
In my first post in this series, I wrote that one definition of artificial intelligence (AI) is a machine that thinks. But is it? Several people with technical backgrounds in the AI field reached out to ... -
Fear and Loathing in the Global Middle Class
Editor’s Note: The lifting of billions of humans out of poverty is one of the great achievements of our age and should be celebrated. However, this shift at times increases the chances of civil strife an... -
The Lawfare Podcast: The Migrant Caravan and Its Dissenters
There is a caravan—you've probably heard something about it. Stephanie Leutert, director of the Mexico Security Initiative at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law, has heard so... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Prominent politicians and critics of President Trump were sent pipe bombs in the mail throughout the week, and a suspect, 56 year old Cesar Sayoc Jr., was arrested Friday in connection with the case. -
Document: Criminal Complaint Against Cesar Sayoc
The FBI has taken custody of Cesar Altieri Sayoc in connection with the attempted mailing of 13 pipe bombs to prominent former government officials, including former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clin... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Senator Cory Booker and former Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper, Jr. were also sent pipe bombs in the mail similar to the ones sent to other prominent political figures over the last we... -
Encryption by Default Equals National Security
The New York Times reported a mind-boggling story on Oct. 24. The president of the United States routinely ignores the advice of his aides and calls old friends on an unsecured iPhone “no different from ...
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