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Vietnam, the UNCLOS Tribunal, and the Latest U.S. FONOP in the South China Sea
Last Friday, on the heels of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declaring his “separation from the United States” during a visit to China, the USS Decatur conducted a freedom of navigation operation (F... -
Middle East Ticker: Egypt Nears Its Boiling Point, Mosul Offensive Enters Second Week, and Two More Ceasefires Collapse
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The Latest US Freedom of Navigation Operation Opens the Legal Door to More Aggressive US Challenges to China’s Artificial Islands
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State-Sponsored Doxing and Manipulation of the U.S. Election: How Should the U.S. Government Respond?
As Thomas Rid explains in this terrific piece in Esquire, the Russian government has developed a remarkable capacity for blending the fruits of espionage with information operations designed to manipulat... -
Water Wars: Mr. Duterte Goes to Beijing
Details of a Deal Emerge between Manila and Beijing President Xi Jinping welcomes President Rodrigo Duterte to Beijing (Photo: Straits Times) -
Does Obama Really Have a November Surprise Planned for Israel and the Palestinians?
Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Markaz. *** -
The Search for Authorization: Three Eras of the President’s National Security Power
The constitutional text governing national security law is full of gaps and oversights. This is particularly true with regard to the President. Notwithstanding occasional claims of extra-constitutional, ... -
Middle East Ticker: Mosul Offensive Begins, U.S. Fires on Targets in Yemen, and What Intervention in Syria Will Look Like
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Truly Winning the Battle of Mosul
True victory in the battle of Mosul, the Islamic State’s capital in Iraq and the largest city it controls, will be difficult. It may take months or only a few short weeks, but I expect the Iraqi military... -
Obama’s Term-End Thoughts on Targeted Killing
You could be forgiven if, amidst all the allegations of groping, the Clinton-Trump debates, and the ongoing implosion of the Republican Party, you missed an extensive interview by Jonathan Chait with our... -
American Hybrid Warfare: Somalia as a Case Study in the Real American Way of War in 2016
The front page of the New York Times carried a story this Sunday that would have commanded the news cycle many years ago. It describes in previously-unappreciated detail the complex nature and large scal... -
Engaging the "Not-Yet-Guilty" in the Fight against Terrorism
Editor's Note: Countering violent extremism (CVE) is a perfect sound bite, a magic wand to solve terrorism before it happens. Yet many programs initiated in the name of CVE are poorly designed, and some ...