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The Real Lesson of the Texas Power Debacle
What happened in Texas should be a warning of what Americans will face from the next generation of the internet and the new realm of cybersecurity risk it will dramatically amplify. -
President Biden’s Inaugural War Powers Report
On Feb. 25, Biden ordered airstrikes against targets in eastern Syria. His subsequent letter to Congress under the War Powers Resolution is notable in several ways. -
What the UAE Weapons Deal Says About the United States and Its Alliances
When U.S. partners "do their fair share," they're also more likely to pursue independent foreign policies. -
Director of National Intelligence Declassifies Intelligence Report on Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
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ChinaTalk: Beyond Espionage: China's Quest for Foreign Technology
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The Long Arm of U.S. Law: The Patriot Act, the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 and Foreign Banks
The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 expands the government’s authority to subpoena documents held by foreign banks overseas. Here’s how U.S. institutions could interpret that expanded authority. -
Lessons From the Texas Grid Disaster: Planning and Investing for a Different Future
The problems in Texas this week were not the state’s current mix of energy resources, but that fact the state’s energy resources were not prepared to perform in the low temperatures seen. Americans must ... -
The Biden Administration Should Review and Rebuild the Trump Administration’s China Initiative From the Ground Up
After a string of questionable cases and poorly managed prosecutions, the incoming Biden administration should reform and rebuild the Justice Department’s program for countering Chinese economic espionag... -
Beyond the China Initiative
While the Department of Justice’s China Initiative was created to combat intellectual property theft and protect U.S. critical infrastructure and society, the initiative appears to be increasing discrimi... -
Hezbollah Amid Lebanese Collapse
U.S. policy has focused narrowly on countering Hezbollah. The Biden administration should turn to the systemic problems of the country’s politics. -
How to Understand Iranian Information Operations
To the extent that Iran targets U.S. audiences in sustained disinformation campaigns, it still typically aims to broadly promote Iranian interests rather than attempting to induce a specific result in Am... -
Why Are Farmers Protesting in India?
The protests expose the limits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s strongman politics and the decline of Indian democratic institutions. They may be the largest challenge for Modi since he came into power ...