Foreign Fighters
Another Plan for Foreign Fighters Falls Apart
Jacob Schulz Wed, Apr 29, 2020, 9:28 AM
A proposal to try foreign fighters in Syrian Democratic Forces courts has been abandoned indefinitely. What now?
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Islamic State
France Makes a Play to Try Foreign Fighters in Iraq
Jacob Schulz Mon, Nov 4, 2019, 3:37 PM
The French foreign minister has made a trip to Iraq to attempt to make a deal to try foreign fighters in the country. The plan faces diplomatic obstacles abroad and opposition at home.
Cybersecurity and Deterrence
France’s New Offensive Cyber Doctrine
Arthur P.B. Laudrain Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 9:00 AM
Since its November 2018 announcement of the Paris Call, a code of conduct for cyber space, France has turned to the offensive. On Jan. 18, French armed forces minister Florence Parly unveiled the country’s first doctrine for offensive cyber operations.
Election security
Foreign Election Interference in the Founding Era
Alden Fletcher Thu, Oct 25, 2018, 9:09 AM
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Cybersecurity and Deterrence
France's Cyberdefense Strategic Review and International Law
François Delerue, Aude Géry Fri, Mar 23, 2018, 8:00 AM
French General Secretary for Defense and National Security Louis Gautier presented the French Cyberdefense Strategic Review on Feb. 12 at Station F (the world’s biggest startup campus in Paris).
France
The Macron Leaks: Are They Real, and Is It Russia?
Matt Tait Mon, May 8, 2017, 6:10 PM
French President-elect Emmanuel Macron has a lot on his mind as he prepares to assume office. One topic we can be sure he’s thinking about: what to do about the dumping of various of his campaign documents and emails online just hours before the election.
France
French Constitutional Council Strikes Down Data Copying During Warrantless Searches
Daniel Severson Tue, Feb 23, 2016, 12:29 PM
On Friday, February 19, the Constitutional Council upheld two articles of the state-of-emergency law—meeting bans and warrantless searches—as constitutional, but struck down a provision allowing the police to copy data when conducting such searches. Separately, the French Parliament extended the state of emergency through the end of May.
Foreign Policy Essay
The Perils of “French Islam:” France’s Misguided Response to the Paris Attacks
Colin Geraghty Sun, Dec 13, 2015, 10:21 AM
Editor’s Note: Terrorism's biggest impact is rarely in the violence of the attack itself. Rather, it is the government’s response -- for better or for worse -- that often determines whether a terrorist attack will succeed on a strategic level. Looking at the November attacks in Paris, Colin Geraghty of Georgetown argues that the French government is moving in the wrong direction, playing into the narrative of the Islamic State and making the terrorism problem worse in the long-run.
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Paris attacks
Policy Repercussions of the Paris Terrorist Attacks
Bruce Schneier Mon, Nov 23, 2015, 1:25 PM
In 2013, in the early days of the Snowden leaks, Harvard Law School professor and former Assistant Attorney General Jack Goldsmith reflected on the increase in NSA surveillance post 9/11. He wrote:
Paris attacks
France's Extended State of Emergency: What New Powers Did the Government Get?
Daniel Severson Sun, Nov 22, 2015, 2:38 PM
Yesterday, French President François Hollande signed into law a bill that extends the state of emergency for three months and expands the government’s already broad police powers. Passed in haste, the law avoided a preliminary constitutional review. Meanwhile, the government has urged other far-reaching legal and policy changes to enhance counterterrorism.