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Governing Platforms Through Apple’s App Store in the U.S. and China
The tools governments use to regulate behavior online are very similar, even in countries as seemingly dissimilar as the United States and China, but what differs is the incentive structures they create. -
Time for a U.N. Peace Enforcement Operation in Northern Ukraine?
A cease-fire and peace enforcement operation in areas from which the Russians have retreated would certainly not be easy but could be an initial step toward a collective path forward. -
Giving Russian Assets to Ukraine—Freezing Is Not Seizing
What the executive branch should not do is pretend that Russia’s money can be used to provide material support to Ukraine in the face of existing legal barriers. -
Russian Leaders Know They’re Committing War Crimes. Their Laws of War Manual Says So.
By their own words, Russian leaders are condemned. -
The Legacy of the Soviet Afghan War and Its Role in the Ukrainian Invasion
Organizations of veterans of the Afghan War have played a central role in building domestic support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine. -
How Emerging Technology Is Breaking Arms Control
As the pace of innovation increases, control lists are falling behind and failing to regulate sensitive technology. -
China’s NFT Plans Are a Recipe for the Government’s Digital Control
China’s vision of the next iteration of the internet is one in which China controls and vets who can build on it. -
Water Wars: AUKUS Goes Hypersonic
Biden administration delivers 2022 National Defense Strategy; China conducts militarization and secret diplomacy in the South China Sea; AUKUS announces new agreement to develop hypersonic weapons; U.S. ... -
Why Finlandization Is a Terrible Model For Ukraine
Those inclined to urge Finlandization as a solution for Ukraine should understand what the term actually means. -
What’s the Status of Ukraine’s Case Against Russia at the ICJ?
On Feb. 25, Ukraine took steps to challenge Russia’s allegations of Ukrainian-led genocide before the International Court of Justice. What has happened since? -
Moral Equivalence and Ukraine
There is a growing chorus of voices here at home who continue to draw a moral equivalence between victim and aggressor, and worse. -
The U.S. Can Prosecute Russian Leaders for War Crimes
A U.S. prosecution under the War Crimes Act might be simpler than an international war crimes tribunal—and more effective.