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Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The AI regulation wave is coming: Industry should ride itAmerica’s artificial intelligence industry is increasingly likely to face government regulations that could blunt innovation. There is a perfect storm brewing on Capitol Hill,...
By Martijn Rasser
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Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Working National Security on John McCain’s Presidential CampaignRichard Fontaine spent years advising leading figures in American foreign policy, but working for the late Sen. John McCain was unlike anything he had experienced before. Now ...
By Richard Fontaine & Ilan Goldenberg
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Middle East Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Congress has to figure out whether Trump's four embassy claim is realThe targeted killing of Qasem Soleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, carried with it significant potential to serve as a catalyst for a br...
By Carrie Cordero
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Defense / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
National Security Is Made of PeopleFor several years, members of Congress and senior defense officials have worried, dramatically and out loud, about the state of military readiness, devoting bipartisan harangu...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Energy, Economics & Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
How to Reform IEEPAOver the weekend, President Trump cited a 1977 statute, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), as providing the legal authority he would need to carry throug...
By Peter Harrell
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Counterintelligence Responsibilities and the 2020 Election: What Are the Rules of the Road?The attorney general has now directed John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, to examine how the FBI’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election bega...
By Carrie Cordero
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Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Trump’s Preference for Acting Officials Puts National Security at RiskPresident Trump recently announced that his intended nominee for secretary of defense will be Patrick Shanahan, who became—way back in March—America’s longest-serving acting s...
By Carrie Cordero & Joshua A. Geltzer