In this feature, Brookings senior fellow and terrorism expert Daniel Byman and deputy foreign policy editor Dana Stuster curate a weekly essay on foreign and military affairs of interest to national security legal practitioners and scholars. Although not specifically dealing with legal matters, the feature offers context and perspective to many of the debates that go on at the site regularly. Lawfare has always conceived of national security law broadly, because to practice it well, one needs to draw on a diversity of expertise in technical fields like communications technologies, robotics and economics. With The Foreign Policy Essay, Dan and Dana provide us with a window into the worlds of strategy, military operations, geopolitics, and whatever else grabs their interest on any given week.
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Since a local insurgent group declared its affiliation with the Islamic State, its attacks have increased in frequency and intensity.
The new agreement represents progress between Baghdad and Erbil, but will need revision to address the concerns of Yazidis and others in the disputed territories.
The future of the Iran nuclear deal and more depend on how the next administration responds to Tehran's mixed messages.
Four recommendations for the new administration to bolster the Afghan government and security forces.
Why foreign actors are hiring firms with cheap labor and local knowledge to post inauthentic content to social media.
Financial intelligence analysts need to go beyond "following the money" to tackle contemporary terrorist theats.
The new secretary of defense's attempt to open negotiations with the Somalia-based al-Qaeda affiliate raises the question: Does the United States have conditions for negotiating with terrorist groups?
What does the succession of Kuwait's new emir signal for the Gulf state's foreign policy?
Displacement from climate change is an increasingly critical issue, but requires improved study and new policy responses.
Surveying the wide array of groups and ideologies that have emerged over the last few years.