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What Will the End of the U.S. Foreign Policy Consensus Mean for the World?
Allies and adversaries will take note if U.S. foreign policy swings wildly from one administration to the next. -
Lawfare Daily: A Giant and Unexpected Prisoner Swap
Discussing the prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States -
The Strategic Disclosure of Intelligence Requires Stronger Guardrails
Stronger safeguards are needed to separate intelligence from policy and buttress intelligence community objectivity. -
Livestream: President Joe Biden Delivers Remarks on the Release of American Detainees from Russia
Among those returned to the United States include Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Vladimir Kara-Murza, and more. -
Water Wars: Glimmers of Hope Alongside Further Tensions in the Indo-Pacific
China and Philippines agree on resupply missions; Philippines builds more runways; Western powers deepen security engagement with Asian partners; and more. -
The Prohibition of Annexations and the World on the Brink
The annexations of Golan and territory in Palestine and Ukraine are part of a dangerous trend exacerbated by consolidations of security alliances and other global power shifts. -
Lawfare Daily: The End of U.S. Ambition in the Middle East with Steven Cook
Discussing the United States' long history in the Middle East. -
Tracking the U.S. Position on Gaza Through UN Security Council Resolutions
Though the resolutions did not result in meaningful change on the ground, they nonetheless signaled important U.S. diplomatic messages to Israel and the Security Council. -
Russia’s Weaponization of Ukrainian Prisoner Exchanges
Russia is delaying the exchange of prisoners of war and using it as a tool to destabilize Ukraine. -
Rational Security: The “Reboot the Reboot” Edition
This week, Scott Anderson and Alan Rozenshtein were joined by Eugenia Lostri and Molly Reynolds to discuss the week's big national security news: -
China is Reshaping the Maritime Legal Order
A review of Isaac B. Kardon, “China’s Law of the Sea: The New Rules of Maritime Order” (Yale University Press, 2023) -
What Makes a Pirate? Updating U.S. Piracy Law to Address an Age-Old Scourge
While U.S. piracy law has largely stagnated since 1820, international law has evolved. Now it’s time to catch up.