Brexit
The Brexit Endgame: Deal or No Deal?
Amanda Sloat Fri, Nov 16, 2018, 1:52 PM
Editor’s Note: The article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.
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Election Security
Transatlantic Techlash Continues as U.K. and U.S. Lawmakers Release Proposals for Regulation
Evelyn Douek Wed, Aug 8, 2018, 9:59 AM
The 2018 “techlash” shows no sign of slowing. The last week of July saw the release of two papers containing proposals for significant increases regulation of tech companies, particularly with an eye toward protecting the integrity of political processes and elections.
Brexit
How the UK Government Resignations Signal the Demise of a ‘Hard’ Brexit
Shannon Togawa Mercer Thu, Jul 12, 2018, 9:30 AM
Fresh from the NATO summit, President Donald Trump arrived in the United Kingdom on Thursday to engage with a British government that is in disarray.
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
Evaluating the U.K.'s ‘Active Cyber Defence’ Program
Stuart Russell, Nadiya Kostyuk Wed, Feb 14, 2018, 12:00 PM
In November 2016, the U.K. government launched its Active Cyber Defence (ACD) program with the intention of tackling “in a relatively automated [and transparent] way, a significant proportion of the cyber attacks that hit the U.K.” True to their word, a little over a year on, last week the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) published a full and frank account (over 60 pages long) of their progress to date.
Western Europe
Summary: The U.K. Court of Appeal Ruling and What’s Next for the Investigatory Powers Act
Hayley Evans Tue, Feb 6, 2018, 8:00 AM
The U.K. Court of Appeal has held that Section 1 of an expired state surveillance law, the 2014 Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act, was unlawful as it related to “access to retained data,” or personal data held for criminal justice or public protection purposes.
Intelligence Oversight
Summary: U.K. Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report
Hayley Evans Thu, Jan 4, 2018, 1:00 PM
On Dec. 20, the U.K. Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee issued its annual report.
Western Europe
The United Kingdom and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Summary of Joint Doctrine Publication 0-30.2
Hayley Evans Tue, Oct 17, 2017, 12:37 PM
The six-year wait is finally over. On September 12, the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) published its doctrine on best practices for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): Joint Doctrine Publication (JDP) 0-30.2, Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Water Wars
Water Wars: Jockeying for Black Gold in the South China Sea
Jimmy Chalk, Sarah Grant Fri, Jul 28, 2017, 11:00 AM
China leverages its growing military presence, threatening Vietnam and building ties with the Philippines
Photo: Svetl. Tebenkova
Privacy Paradox
The US-UK Deal Is Actually Quite Good
Paul Rosenzweig Wed, Jul 19, 2017, 8:30 AM
Earlier this month Scarlet Kim and Mailyn Fidler posted an extended critique of the proposed US-UK agreement for cross-border law enforcement data requests. The critique was troubling, especially because I have long thought that some form of bilateral or multilateral agreement on cross-border data exchange is necessary to regularize the process and prevent the balkanization of the network.
Cross-Border Data
The Weak Link in a Double Act: U.K. Law is Inadequate for Proposed Cross-Border Data Request Deal
Scarlet Kim, Mailyn Fidler Tue, Jul 11, 2017, 1:00 PM
The United Kingdom has been a key partner in the United States’ efforts to reform the process that law enforcement officials use to make cross-border requests for data. These efforts address both foreign governments’ requests for data stored in the U.S. and reciprocal requests by the U.S. government for data stored abroad. As part of these efforts, the U.S. and the U.K. have negotiated a draft bilateral agreement (“U.S.-U.K.