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Succession Politics and the Cost of Eliminating Presidential Term Limits in China
On Feb. 25, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) issued a formal amendment proposal to abolish constitutional term limits for the presidency. Assuming the amendment goes through, which it almost certainly w... -
SinoTech: Huawei Keeps Pushing 5G, Apple Localizes Data in China, and the U.S. Airs China Data-Privacy Grievances at WTO
Editor’s Note: SinoTech is a new bi-weekly Lawfare series on technology-related legal and policy issues in China and the United States with a focus on implications for U.S.-China relations and national s... -
Xi Jinping Amends China's Constitution
The instantaneous reaction to the momentous news that Xi Jinping will be eligible to serve a third term and beyond as chairman of China’s government is the most recent demonstration that we live in a con... -
Assad’s Assault on Eastern Ghouta Worsens, Netanyahu Visits White House Amid Corruption Scandal
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Evaluating the Russian Threat to Undersea Cables
Is vital internet infrastructure at risk from new Russian naval capabilities? NATO’s military leadership has warned in recent months that the Russian navy is aggressively probing undersea communications ... -
International Law and Cyberspace: Evolving Views
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The New German Coalition: A Government if You Can Keep It
After five months of uncertainty, the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) are going to give their uneasy marriage anot... -
Frenemies: Putin and Erdogan
Editor’s Note: The relationship between Russia and Turkey has risen and fallen as the two have quarreled over Syria and their respective regional postures in general. MIT's Carol Saivetz examines this re... -
Indicting a Sitting Prime Minister: The Israeli Constitutional Framework
The recent weeks have seen a flurry of developments in a number of criminal investigations involving Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. These developments fueled debates as to whether Netanyahu... -
Russia Stumbles in the Fog of Syrian War
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Congress Leads on Taiwan Again by Opening the Door to High-Level US Government Contacts
The Taiwan Travel Act, which passed the Senate on Feb. 28 and is heading to the president for his signature, will have limited legal force since it does not require the president to do anything he cannot... -
An Update on Chinese Cybersecurity and the WTO
In recent years China has crafted a significant body of domestic cybersecurity laws, regulations and standards.