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Cybersecurity and Deterrence

Offensive Cyber Operations and the Interagency Process: What’s at Stake With the New Trump Policy

Robert Chesney Thu, Aug 16, 2018, 11:29 AM

Yesterday the Wall Street Journal’s Dustin Volz reported that President Trump has altered the interagency process for vetting offensive cyber operations. We do not have the full details yet, but it appears to be the culmination of long-running efforts to make it easier and quicker to conduct such activities. Here’s a roadmap of some of the key interests and issues at stake.

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Trade and Security

Trade War Battles: The International Front

Kathleen Claussen Fri, Jul 27, 2018, 11:16 AM

U.S. tariffs and other governments’ responses are keeping the WTO dispute settlement staff very busy.

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Middle East Ticker

Trump’s New Iran Policy, Three Days In

J. Dana Stuster Fri, May 11, 2018, 4:22 PM

Despite signaling U.S. withdrawal from the Iran deal since last October, Trump still doesn’t have a plan for what comes next.

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Middle East Ticker

The Last Days of the Iran Deal?

J. Dana Stuster Tue, May 1, 2018, 11:46 AM

Trump appears poised to scuttle the Iran deal, Russia tries to mediate between Israel and Iran to prevent direct conflict in Syria, and it’s election season in the Middle East.

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Middle East Ticker

Trump Launched a Punitive Strike on Syria. Now What?

J. Dana Stuster Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 10:00 AM

The reaction to the multinational strike on Assad’s chemical weapons facilities, the political crisis in Libya, and the Gulf feud’s latest casualty: Emirati-Somali ties.