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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
Bibi's Victory Is Kerry's Defeat
Benjamin Netanyahu won the Israeli elections Tuesday. John Kerry lost.
Why The AUMF For The Islamic State Has Stalled
“Congress is stalled in its effort to pass a separate resolution authorizing military force against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant,” write Austin Wright and Bryan Bender in a good Politico story two days ago.
New Book On Islamic State By Stern And Berger
Jessica Stern (who wrote Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill) and J.M. Berger have a new book that should be of interest to Lawfare readers: ISIS: The State of Terror.
Putin Alludes To Using Nukes In State Film
Documentary filmmakers understand the power of moving images and the candid moment.
March Madness From The United Nations
The NCAA basketball tournament has started, and I hope I’ve picked my brackets as well as I predicted the outcome of this month’s meeting of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a component of the UN’s World Health Organization that evaluates the likelihood that various chemicals cause cancer.
The Precise (And Narrow) Limits On U.S. Economic Espionage
This Intercept story on New Zealand’s surveillance of candidates for director general of the World Trade Organization sparked a related conversation yesterday on twitter about the exact scope of U.S. economic espionage.
Group, Then Threaten: How Bad Ideas Move Millions
I've been thinking: What is it that enables a bad idea suddenly to spread across millions of people? Here are some of the things I have in mind.
Smart Mobs, Ultraviolence, And Civil Society: ISIS Innovations
Offline, ISIS has followed the model of a functional—if limited—government. Online, it has played a different game.
Letter From Heads Of SFRC And SASC To Kerry And Carter On South China Sea
Yesterday the Chairmen and Ranking members of the Senate Armed Services Committee (McCain and Reed) and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Corker and Menendez) sent a noteworthy letter to Secretaries Kerry and Carter about growing Chinese hegemony in the South China Sea.
Further Reflections On NOBUS (And An Approach For Balancing The Twin Needs For Offensive Capability And Better Defensive Security In Deployed Systems)
In a previous post, I commented on the Nobody-But-Us (NOBUS) view of the world. My original post says that the real technical question raised by NOBUS is how long nobody-but-us access can be kept for a given proposed system.
Israeli Election Results Reflect Deep Divisions In That Society, Say Stanford Scholars
Stanford faculty experts say that security concerns were the dominant factor in the outcome of Israel's election this week. Political and religious fault lines in Israeli society contributed to the tone and results of the campaign.
Stephen Haber, A Professor At Stanford University, Speaks At The Association Of Mexican Banks Annual Convention
Stephen Haber, a professor at Stanford University, speaks at the Association of Mexican Banks annual convention in Acapulco, Mexico, on Friday, March 20, 2015. Mexico's 2015 forecast for gross domestic product for 2015 was cut to 2.6 percent from 3.3 percent in a report by Barclays on concerns for public spending and lower oil prices.
Who Thinks ISIS Is A Zionist Plot?
Do Iranian officials actually believe ISIS is a Western plot? Who knows, but it serves their purposes to say it.
Tunisia Won’t Derail From Democracy
A recent terrorist attack, doesn't signal the country's slide into violence and repression. Still, Washington needs to ensure the country's future.
Kori Schake On The John Batchelor Show (10:08)
Hoover fellow Kori Schake discusses the possibile agreements that could emerge from nuclear negotiations with Iran.
The Putin Way
Putin is following a blueprint that dates back to Philip of Macedon.
Larry Diamond On The John Batchelor Show (19:21)
Hoover fellow Larry Diamond discusses the government and leadership in Tunisia. Diamond notes that Tunisia has made a successful transition to democracy after the Arab Spring, and he does not believe that a recent terrorist attack signals the country's slide into violence and repression.
Obama Appeases While Netanyahu Shows A Gleam Of Steel
After the 1938 Munich conference, First Lord of the Admiralty Duff Cooper resigned in protest from Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s cabinet.
ISIS And Sexual Slavery
Slavery was abolished in most countries by the end of the nineteenth century, although it is still practiced in some countries, illegally.
A Perry Mason Moment In The Nemtsov Murder
According to leaks form the Nemtsov murder investigation, the Chechen killers were given a ZAZ Chance as a surveillance and getaway car. The Kremlin investigation, it appears will settle on the charge that the Chechen 5 killed Nemtsov on their own out of anger over his rebuke of the Charlie Hebdo killings on January 10.