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Headlines around the world over the last two weeks have warned of the impending "humanitarian catastrophe" in places like Aleppo should Assad regime forces continue their march unimpeded.
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Although the U.S.-ASEAN summit was originally billed as the main story of the week, China stole the show after news broke that the PLA recently deployed anti-aircraft missiles to a contested island in th...
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Editors Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz.
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Yesterday, the ACLU filed a letter in the ongoing case ACLU v. CIA regarding the release of former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden's autobiography, which according to the book's description, covers Hayd...
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CESME, Turkey—The Instagram handle “mr.masih.razavi” is scrawled on the wall of a half-built beach hut in which, until about a month ago, smugglers held refugees before loading them onto boats bound for ...
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Editor's Note: The Islamic State has metastasized beyond Iraq and Syria, establishing so-called “provinces” in many Muslim countries. This spread has alarmed U.S. officials, and Yemen – home of Al Qaeda’...
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On Tuesday, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper provided the annual Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community to Congress.
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IZMIR, Turkey—“500 to Chios! 450!” shouts Abu Ahmed in the direction of a neighboring table, where a corpulent bald man is deep in hushed conversation with what appears to be a family of refugees negotia...
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I haven't had a chance to watch or listen yet to this recent pair of Brookings panels on the moral and practical problems of the worldwide refugee crisis, but I recommend them very highly because of the ...
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This past week was the quietest in terms of breaking news since Water Wars began nearly five months ago—somewhat surprising, given that only last week the USS Curtis Wilbur conducted a freedom of navigat...
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Within the U.S. military, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has issued an instruction (CJCSI 3121.01B) regarding “Standing Rules of Engagement”. The focus of this instruction is contained in the...
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I know that many Lawfare readers have been waiting with bated breath—the suspense unbearable—to find out what happens next in my quest for Estonian digital residency.