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Yes, this week, the Ninth Circuit decided to temporarily leave in place the nationwide injunction on President Trump’s ban on entry to the United States from seven Muslim countries. And, yes, the preside...
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For conscientious commentators, one problem with having a loose cannon for a president is the rapidly thinning line between irresponsible speculation and legitimate analysis.
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Today, the Texas Law Review is hosting a symposium on the Tallinn Manual 2.0 at the University of Texas at Austin, featuring panels on "sovereignty in cyberspace, jurisdiction over cyber activities, int...
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Barrie Sander reviews Anti-Impunity and the Human Rights Agenda, edited by Karen Engle, Zinaida Miller and D.M. Davis (Cambridge, 2016).
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Editor’s Note: Of the many changes in foreign policy that the Trump administration is enacting, perhaps the biggest is its embrace of Russia. Although a close relationship with Moscow alarms many America...
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Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you already know that on Friday of last week, President Trump signed an executive order banning refugees from seven Muslim majority countries from entering the United...
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In November, I cautioned that then-President-elect Trump’s appointment of Breitbart CEO Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist and Michael “Fear of Muslims is RATIONAL” Flynn as his national security adv...
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Yesterday morning, I had pleasure of speaking to the great Ira Glass of This American Life about my piece on President Trump’s executive order on refugees and visas. Later on, Glass sent me a lovely note...
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The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5-7 pm tomorrow, Wednesday, February 1, when Benjamin Wittes will interview Edward Jay Epstein on his new book, How A...
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Monday, January 30th at 1:30pm: The U.S. Institute of Peace will host a conversation with Pakistani Opposition Leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on ...
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Editor’s Note: Programs for countering violent extremism—or CVE, as it is known in the jargon—may be in jeopardy. The incoming administration, in its rhetoric at least, has emphasized "tough" solutions t...
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President Trump started out his presidency by giving a speech at the CIA’s headquarters. Quinta Jurecic flagged the video and transcript of Trump’s speech and the various reactions to it, and Benjamin Wi...
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The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5-7 pm on Wednesday, February 1, when Benjamin Wittes will interview Edward Jay Epstein on his new book, How America ...
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Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
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The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 1, when Ben will interview Edward Jay Epstein on his new book, How America Lost Its S...
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Editor’s Note: Of all the many uncertainties about Trump's foreign policy, the question of Iran looms among the largest. The Obama administration moved U.S.-Iran relations from abysmal to bad, and both R...
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Yesterday saw the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States. Quinta Jurecic highlighted some national security excerpts from Trump's inaugural address, and she also liste...
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A retrospective review essay on Jean Renoir's classic film, La Grande Illusion (1937).
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