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Remembering the Selective Draft Law Cases
On this day in 1918, the Supreme Court unanimously upheld the constitutionality of a national draft. That ruling illustrates how military powers in the Constitution have continuously adapted throughout A... -
ChinaTalk: Year in Review + Future Plans for ChinaTalk
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ChinaTalk: Sci-fi Mecha Wu Zetian, YouTube on China and C-drama Fails
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Rethinking “Rules of the Road” to Stabilize U.S.-China Competition
China and the U.S. both have an interest in rules and mechanisms to prevent stumbling into great power war. But will these “rules of the road” will actually achieve that goal? -
What the FY 2022 NDAA Does, and Does Not Do, to Military Justice
The President just signed the FY 2022 NDAA bill after contentious debate throughout Congress. But what reforms does it actually make (and what does it not change at all)? -
The Defense Department’s Role in the New Sustainability Executive Order
Reducing emissions will be a challenge but also an operational opportunity for the Department of Defense. -
ChinaTalk: U.S.-China Science Relations and the PhDs Caught in the Middle
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Blurry Ideologies and Strange Coalitions: The Evolving Landscape of Domestic Extremism
Four factors are driving the increasing hybridization of extremist ideologies. -
Using a Sanctions Framework to Fix the ICTS Executive Order
The Commerce Department should restructure the ICTS rules to adopt a sanctions framework by creating a new list of entities that would be prohibited from selling ICTS into the U.S. market. -
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 2022
The 2022 NDAA authorizes $768 billion in funding for the Defense Department. -
Anticipating Future Directions of Tech-Enabled Terror
Counterterrorism experts need to get ahead of the curve of terrorist innovation with new, commercially-available products. -
China Again Uses Force to Bully Its Neighbors
Continued Chinese interference with the resupply of the Sierra Madre contingent could have unintended consequences that destabilize the region and potentially result in an international armed conflict.