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The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
After a confusing week in which rumors flew that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had resigned or would be fired, Rosenstein has kept his job—for now. On Thursday, Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Witt... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Saudi Arabia is seeking to work with the U.S. to build nuclear power plants in the Kingdom, but the challenge of building plants while also preventing the spread of nuclear weapons is stalling negotiatio... -
Sovereignty on Steroids: International Institutions and the Trump Administration’s “Ideology of Patriotism”
President Donald Trump’s Sept. 25 speech to the U.N. General Assembly surprised few with its condemnation and dismissal of international institutions—from the World Trade Organization, to the U.N. Human ... -
Diplomacy and Defense in Cyber Space
Note: This article is based on a presentation at the Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Vienna on August 31, 2018. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
While speaking to the United Nations Security Council, President Trump accused China of meddling in U.S. elections by attempting to damage his political standing before the midterms in response to his im... -
Tech Firms Are Not Sovereigns
Technology firms are extraordinarily powerful. They control vast sums of money. They serve unprecedentedly large customer bases—in some instances, larger customer bases than any nation on earth (Facebook... -
How Rod Rosenstein Protects the Mueller Investigation
Unless something changes again in the mercurial mind of Donald Trump, it looks like Rod Rosenstein will survive the day. He survived last Friday, Sept. 21, when the New York Times published a report that... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
China rejected a request by an American warship to make a planned port visit to Hong Kong next month and recalled a senior admiral who was in the U.S. for a naval conference, reports the New York Times. ... -
The Five Eyes Statement on Encryption: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
Earlier this September, law enforcement officials from the Five Eyes intelligence alliance—made up of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States—met in Australia and issued... -
Document: Justice Department Updates U.S. Attorneys’ Manual
On Sept. 25, the Justice Department announced the arrival of a revised edition of the U.S. -
The National Security Law Podcast: Have Fun Storming the Castle!
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Can Tunisia Find a Compromise on Equal Inheritance?
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
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