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Editor's Note: Sanctions and other economic tools are increasingly the foreign policy instruments of first resort. They seem to harness U.S. economic might and convey strength while avoiding the human an...
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This week, Lawfare instituted the very first edition of the #BrookingsFightClub. You can check out here the first titanic struggle of the series between Editor and Chief Benjamin Wittes and me, the lowly...
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The first rule of Brookings Fight Club is: Ask a guy in a bunny suit to serve as your referee.
Ever wanted to kick your boss's ass? Ever been so frustrated with an intern you just wanted to clock him? I...
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Published by Prometheus Books (2013)
Reviewed by Ashley Green
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The other day, I posted this video of the North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations giving a talk at the Council on Foreign Relations:
The question of whether or not a think tank like CFR should hos...
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Editor’s Note: The savage fighting in Syria and now Iraq seems to grow worse every month. As the U.S. role in the conflict grows, so too does the need to understand the motivations of the fighters, inclu...
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Ben outlined all the many, surprising---and mutually contradictory---ways in which President Obama is “right.”
Cody noted that ISIS and al Nusra appear to have obtained drone technology and shared some ...
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I am happy to report that we now have the audio from last week’s conference at the University of Texas exploring the lessons learned from the past ten years’ experience under the ODNI and NCTC. The even...
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The Arab world’s foreign fighter problem makes the West’s concerns seem minor. Specific numbers should be treated with suspicion, but the current estimate is that there are roughly 15,000 foreign fighter...
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This Thursday, FBI Director James B. Comey gave a speech at the Brookings Institution and was interviewed by our very own Benjamin Wittes. Besides giving a shoutout to Lawfare, which Comey apparently rea...
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Yesterday, I posted an appeal for reader support---one that should make you feel all warm and fuzzy about donating to Lawfare:
Here's another way to support Lawfare, one t
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Happening between now and Saturday: an important conference at the University of Texas at Austin (sponsored by UT's Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law, which I direct, as well as UT...
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You can find the text of FBI Directory James Comey's remarks as delivered today at Brookings here or below.
They begin:
Good morning. It’s an honor to be here.
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At 10:30 am, FBI Director James Comey will be at Brookings delivering a talk entitled, Going Dark: Are Technology, Privacy, and Public Safety on a Collision Course?
You can watch the livesteam below an...
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The other day, I listened to a fascinating episode of Freakonomics Radio featuring a lengthy discussion with a noted economist about what actually works in non-profit fundraising. I listened to this with...
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This will be an interesting event this evening.
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The name of this New York Times feature makes me think Lawfare should have a Q&A/Advice/Ombudsman/Ask-Me-Anything type column and that it really should be written by our managing editor, Wells Bennett. W...
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The ISIS siege on Kobani appears to have failed--for now. While the flashpoint city continues to struggle with ISIS counterattacks, it appears that the Kurdish peshmerga, with the help of coalition airst...