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12 Oct 2015, 12:51 pm by Elina Saxena, Quinta Jurecic
Two consecutive bomb blasts rocked a peace rally in Ankara on Saturday, leaving at least 95 killed and 246 injured in the largest terrorist attack in the history of modern Turkey. [read post]
11 Oct 2015, 10:05 pm by Quinta Jurecic
Gen Ben Hodges, Paul Scharre, Col. [read post]
10 Oct 2015, 11:44 am by Cody M. Poplin
 Helen walks Ben through the threat environment that an organization like Brookings faces (and how that is continuously changing) and she outlines some of the steps organizations and individuals can take to shore up their own security (don't take your cell phone to Beijing or Tehran). [read post]
5 Oct 2015, 11:57 am by Elina Saxena, Quinta Jurecic
” And over at Foreign Policy, Rosa Brooks weighs in with the argument that U.S. train-and-equip efforts “consistently fail to understand that other people want to pursue what they see as their interests and objectives,” which might or might not coincide with U.S. interests and objectives. [read post]
4 Oct 2015, 11:24 pm by INFORRM
Recent cases in the Courts On 23 September 2015, the defendant in the case of His Highness Prince Moulay Hicham Ben Abdullah Al Alaoui of Morocco v Elaph Publishing Limited was granted permission to appeal. [read post]
22 Sep 2015, 11:16 am by Elina Saxena, Quinta Jurecic
General John Allen is stepping down as the White House’s counter-ISIS czar, Bloomberg tells us. [read post]
14 Sep 2015, 10:59 am by Elina Saxena, Quinta Jurecic
Despite a string of stinging military defeats, the Assad regime is hanging on to power. [read post]
12 Sep 2015, 6:35 am by Elina Saxena
Moderated by Major Garrett of CBS News, Brookings' Bruce Jones provided opening remarks while Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Brookings senior fellow Leon Wieseltier debated Brookings senior fellows Suzanne Maloney and Bruce Riedel. [read post]
10 Sep 2015, 10:43 am by Elina Saxena, Quinta Jurecic
Defense One's Molly O'Toole also discusses Hillary Clinton’s remarks yesterday at the Brookings Institution. [read post]
5 Sep 2015, 7:21 am by Cody M. Poplin
Ben linked to Brookings senior fellow William McCants’s excellent profile of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, who McCants describes as a “true believer. [read post]
29 Aug 2015, 6:50 am by Quinta Jurecic
This week’s Lawfare Podcast featured a discussion with Brookings scholars Michael O’Hanlon, Ben Bernanke, and Mark Muro on the future of the U.S. defense economy, from the perspectives of both economics and national security. [read post]
22 Aug 2015, 11:14 am by Cody M. Poplin
 The panel, which featured Brookings scholars Michael O'Hanlon, Ben Bernanke, and Mark Muro, looks across the spectrum at both the security and economic sides of the defense economy, evaluating the effects of sequestration, how America’s defense needs are informed by the threats it faces, and exactly what impact defense spending has on regional and national job creation and technological innovation. [read post]
7 Aug 2015, 11:44 am by Staley Smith, Quinta Jurecic
Charles Lister, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Doha Center, proclaimed that  “With all the immense military power the US has at its disposal, the start to the mission is nothing short of an embarrassment and if it has any hope of succeeding, it needs to show results fast. [read post]
11 Jul 2015, 4:56 am by Quinta Jurecic
Check out the podcast for audio of the first-ever Brookings Debate, on that oh-so-crucial question: “Should the U.S. put boots on the ground to fight ISIS? [read post]
8 Jul 2015, 11:42 am by Cody M. Poplin
Retired Army General David Petraeus and Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O’Hanlon add their names to that list in today’s Washington Post. [read post]
6 Jul 2015, 12:12 pm by Staley Smith, Quinta Jurecic
On Sunday, a British man was photographed with an ISIS flag draped over his shoulders near Big Ben. [read post]
4 Jul 2015, 7:00 am by Staley Smith
In the week’s Lawfare Podcast, Porn, Condoms, Pregnant Teens and the Privacy Benefits of Privacy Threats, Ben spoke at the George Mason Law and Economic Center on his recent Brookings paper,  “The Privacy Paradox: The Privacy Benefits of Privacy Threats. [read post]