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Aegis

Covert Deception, Strategic Fraud, and the Rule of Prohibited Intervention

Gary Corn   Thu, Sep 24, 2020, 12:15 PM

If information is power, then the corruption of information is the erosion, if not the outright usurpation, of power. This is especially true in the information age, where developments in the technological structure and global interconnectedness of information and telecommunications infrastructure have enabled states to engage in malicious influence campaigns at an unprecedented scope, scale, depth, and speed.

Foreign Policy Essay

Putin's Pullout: A Failing Public Relations Campaign

Carol R. Saivetz   Sun, May 8, 2016, 10:48 AM

Editor's Note: Russia won in Syria – or so Putin would like us to believe. The Russian intervention seemed to tip the balance of forces in Assad's favor, and Russia announced a pullout with its mission accomplished. Carol Saivetz of MIT, a regular Lawfare contributor, makes the case for skepticism. She points out Moscow is far more involved in Syria than it likes to admit and still runs many risks from its intervention.

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Omphalos

Is Syria Obama’s Fault?

Ammar Abdulhamid   Sun, Feb 28, 2016, 7:03 AM

The Syria War, says Aaron David Miller, the distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center, is "Not Obama’s Fault.” Instead, the war is primarily the work of Bashar Al-Assad, the president of Syria, who chose to kill his way out of a crisis rather than hold free elections. Arab countries, regional powers such as Iran, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, and international powers such as Russia and Iran, also bear much of the blame.

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