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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...
The Race To Caliphate
The quality of ISIS video releases fluctuated as the organization gained momentum, but overall, the group’s media team improved steadily over time, even as the quantity of its output increased.
Sen. Tom Cotton, Tragic Hero
The snarky quip attributed to 19th-century French Foreign Minister Charles Maurice de Talleyrand -- "It was worse than a crime; it was a blunder" -- has recently been making the rounds to deride a letter written by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and signed by 46 other senators.
Kori Schake On Bloomberg Radio
Hoover fellow Kori Schake discusses President Obama’s plan to slow troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. Schake notes that the end game of war should be dictated by the circumstances not by an artificial timeline. Schake believes that Obama does not want another Iraq on his hands and therefore he wants to leave troops in Afghanistan for a longer period of time.
Who’s Afraid Of The Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act Of 2015?
Last Friday The Hill reported that Senator Corker believes he “will have a veto-proof majority” to enact the “Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015” (INARA).
ISIS As Cult
In a study that is widely seen as among the most important contributions to social psychology, a team of observers joined a prophetic, apocalyptic cult to determine what would happen to the group if the predicted events failed to materialize.
Japan’s Tense Neighborhood
China talks about a ‘peaceful rise,’ even as it probes for weakness.
The Nemtsov Murder Investigation: A Battle Of Leaks
The Nemtsov murder is part of a power struggle within Putin’s power vertical. The investigation will likely determine implausibly that it was planned and executed by low-level Chechen thugs, acting on their own out of religious hatred spawned by Nemtsov’s support of Charlie Hebdo.
What's So Bad About 7% Growth In China?
Nothing! At 7% annual growth, real output doubles in 10 years, quadruples in 20, and grows eight-fold in 30.
Etiquette Versus Annihilation
Recent statements from United Nations officials, that Iran is already blocking their existing efforts to keep track of what is going on in their nuclear program, should tell anyone who does not already know it that any agreement with Iran will be utterly worthless in practice. It doesn't matter what the terms of the agreement are, if Iran can cheat.
“A Necessary, If Still Unpalatable, Potential Ally In Combating The Islamic State”
Remember these words the next time the New York Times runs a pious editorial decrying—with a spurious combination of selective facts and distorted law—some morally complicated aspect of U.S. counterterrorism policy.
Little Britain
The country is running down its armed forces and its diplomatic resources, to the despair of allies.
A Worry About The New Executive Order On Sanctions For Malicious Cyber Activity
As Paul Rosenzweig noted earlier today in Lawfare, the President just signed out an Executive Order that can result in the imposition of financial sanctions on a variety of bad actors that ply their trade through cyber means or against important cyber assets and/or restrictions or bans on travel to the United States on such individuals.
I’m A Republican And I Support The Iran Nuclear Deal
There's plenty of cause for skepticism. But there are at least 5 reasons to support this tentative agreement.
Is The MH17 Joint Investigation Team Avoiding The Question Of Kremlin Guilt?
The Joint Investigation Team (JIT), comprised of investigators from Belgium, Australia, Ukraine, Malaysia and the Netherlands, is charged with bringing the “perpetrators of the attack on MH17 (Malaysian Airlines Flight 17) to justice.”
An Apparently Real Paintball Drone
Yesterday, I was up at Harvard Law School on a panel with Gabriella Blum talking about our new book: The Future of Violence: Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones—Confronting A New Age of Threat
Sustainable Cybersecurity
The environmental situation facing many nations in the mid-to-late 20th century was bleak. Industrial waste caused the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland to catch fire in 1969. The Rhine River was long one of the most polluted waterways in Europe, similarly catching fire in 1986.
Sanctions On Iran: Long Road Ahead For Lifting UN, EU, US Embargoes
Tehran wants immediate relief in nuclear deal, while Western powers prefer gradual easing of restrictions
Can Ukraine Save Itself From Vladimir Putin And The Oligarchs?
‘Welcome to the nation state of Ukraine,” says Mustafa Dzhemilev, a diminutive, soft-spoken 71-year-old leader of the Crimean Tatars, gentle on the outside, hard as steel within.
Foreign Graduates Of U.S. Colleges Become Agents Of Change Abroad
College acceptance letters landed in mailboxes across the country these last few weeks.