The dollar provides the U.S. with enormous power. Will new payment technologies change that?
Europe and China will both find it hard to escape the dollar
If the U.S. withdraws from Afghanistan, will its military contractors stay? That’s not clear.
Here’s what we know about this invisible army.
Trump pardoned a soldier convicted of murder. Is he hurting military effectiveness?
Here are 4 takeaways from recent events in civilian-military politics.
De La Soul, ‘Kicked Out the House’: The Week in One Song
Ecuador gives Assange the boot.
The U.S. has quietly supported the Venezuelan opposition for years
While Venezuela’s political crisis has sunk below most Americans’ news
Russia and the U.S. just defused a potential crisis in Syria — and showed us how to back away from a war
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Russia has been meddling in foreign elections for decades. Has it made a difference?
Russian interference in the 2016 election has gotten an enormous amount
Cyberwarfare has taken a new turn. Yes, it’s time to worry.
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This is why presidents want back channels and how it can go wrong
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In Ecuador’s extremely tight election, the left defied the odds
[caption id="attachment_56368" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President-elect Lenín Moreno greets supporters near
WikiLeaks strikes again. Here are 4 big questions about Vault 7.
WikiLeaks is once again in the news with a massive
Was the 2016 U.S. election democratic? Here are 7 serious shortfalls.
Since the Cold War, more and more nations have held
5 things we can learn from the Russian hacking scandal
[caption id="attachment_26050" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)[/caption] On Friday, we learned
U.S.-Venezuela relations will probably deteriorate under Trump. Ask ExxonMobil why.
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The U.S. tried to change other countries’ governments 72 times during the Cold War
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How pollsters could use social media data to improve election forecasts
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Did Russian hackers elect the U.S. president? Don’t believe the hype.
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5 things you need to know about how third-party candidates did in 2016
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Why it’s entirely predictable that Hillary Clinton’s emails are back in the news
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The U.S. has just accused Russia of hacking America’s elections. That’s a very big deal.
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Sure, the U.S. and Russia often meddle in foreign elections. Does it matter?
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The DNC email hack didn’t tell us much. Here’s why cyberattacks have limited punch.
[caption id="attachment_44610" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Cyberattacks are growing more frequent. What's
The Panama Papers made Iceland’s prime minister resign. Here’s why.
Iceland may be a small country, but it makes a
Here’s why it matters that China is admitting that its statistics are ‘unreliable’
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What is it that Homeland understands about international politics but that Robert Kagan simply doesn’t get?
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The danger of (mis)perceptions after the Iran deal
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Here's why Julian Assange is picking a fight with international relations professors
[caption id="attachment_28139" align="aligncenter" width="982"] On June 19, 2012, WikiLeaks' founder
Here’s why Julian Assange is picking a fight with international relations professors
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How leaked Saudi documents might really matter
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How the latest leak hurts intelligence cooperation
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Obama says that Europeans are using privacy rules to protect their firms against U.S. competition. Is he right?
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Hot pursuit in Syria and in history
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Pretending that leaked information is secret hurts democratic debate
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How the 9/11 Commission helped Edward Snowden
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Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: A Q&A with Peter Singer
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The TPP is not an agreement among like-minded countries
This is another post from Gabriel Michael, a doctoral candidate
The United States is isolated in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations
Here's another, more quantitative perspective on the Trans Pacific Partnership
Five key questions – and answers – about the leaked TPP text
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Five things you need to know about the transatlantic wiretap scandal
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The Merkel phone tap scandal paves the way toward E.U.-U.S. confrontation
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Farewell, Manas!
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Why Glenn Greenwald's new media venture is a big deal
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The Political Science of PRISM and International Privacy
The "Financial Times":http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dd7dd97c-eed5-11e2-b8ec-00144feabdc0.html has an editorial warning gravely that the
Wikileaks and the difference between information and knowledge
Bruce Schneier is a very smart guy, but I think
State power and the response to Wikileaks
The US response to Wikileaks has been an interesting illustration
More on WikiLeaks: Can Transparency be Harmful for Policy-Making and Governance?
In response to my "earlier post on the latest WikiLeaks
A Conversation about WikiLeaks
One of the ways we can use The Monkey Cage
Wikileaks Data and the UN Security Council
Like "Charli Carpenter":http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/11/diplomatic-shockers, I was a bit surprised by the
Limits on Executive Power
From "the NY Times summary":http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/29/world/29cables.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all of the Wikileaks release: bq.
Potpourri
* Kenneth Howell keeps his job (for now). * Matthew
Information is good
Washington Post and Slate reporter Anne Applebaum wrote a dismissive
Wikileaks Data
The Guardian's data blog has used the classified documents about