Today's Headlines and commentary

Mexico’s newly-elected President Obrador, a strong critic of free-market policies and the NAFTA agreement, praised USMCA on Monday for the stability it provides to US-Mexico-Canada relations, reports the New York Times.

North Korea claimed on Tuesday that the Trump administration is demanding too much and giving up too little. The U.S. is requesting a full inventory of North Korea’s missile program, while Pyongyang has called on Washington to officially end the Korean War, reports the Times.

American and Chinese warships came perilously close to collision in the South China Sea on Tuesday, further increasing tensions between Washington and Beijing over territorial claims in the region, reports the Times.

The UN has declared a state of emergency in Tripoli due to violence caused by ‘super militias’ in Libya, reports the Washington Post.

The parliamentary vote to elect Iraq’s next president was postponed as rival political factions failed to reach an agreement on a candidate, reports the Wall Street Journal.

France has frozen the assets of the Iranian intelligence agency and two Iranian agents; a move that attempts to both punish Tehran for an alleged terror plot in France while simultaneously not undermining talks over the nuclear accord, reports the Journal.

ICYMI: Yesterday on Lawfare

Robert Chesney posted a call for applicants to UT-Austin Strauss Center’s Cybersecurity Tech Bootcamp for Law & Policy Professionals, a program intended for professionals interested in cybersecurity and who are seeking greater technical fluency on the topic.

Matthew Kahn flagged an event at the Hoover Center—the Security by the Book series on Oct. 9.

Sarah Grant provided a comprehensive summary of last week’s military commissions on accused al-Qaeda commander Abd al-Hadi al-Iraqi.

Rush Doshi and Robert D. Williams analyzed President Trump’s claim that China is interfering in U.S. midterm elections.

Stewart Baker posted the latest edition of the Cyberlaw Podcast, covering the exposure of a GRU colonel over the nerve agent killings in the United Kingdom.

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