Trump has no long-term foreign policy vision. Here’s how that’s hurting America
Thomas Wright is the director of the Brookings Institution’s Center on the United States and Europe, and a senior fellow at Brookings. His new book, “All Measur…
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State Dept. Office of Global Criminal Justice on the Chopping Block–Time to save it
Word out of Washington is that the Trump Administration has started to restructure the State Department and particularly the Under-Secretariat for Civilian Secu…
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Elon Musk's Freak-Out Over Killer Robots Distracts from Our Real AI Problems
"Musk has spoken out before about AI end times, in 2014 he likened working on the technology to “summoning the demon.” His propensity for raising sci-fi sc…
Why cyberattacks could be war crimes
Cyberattacks are the new normal, but, when they come from abroad, they can raise panic about an invisible cyberwar. If international conflicts are unavoidable,…
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Report faults California’s electronic monitoring of youth
"“We learned that the monitors may be setting kids up for failure,” said Catherine Crump, director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Cli…
Even the intellectual left is drawn to conspiracy theories about the right. Resist them.
It’s always hard in politics for people to take their opponents’ views seriously, but it has become ever harder in Trump’s America. People are more engaged with…
Trump Twitter Lawsuit Raises First Amendment Issues For Politics On Social Media
President Trump has blocked Twitter followers on his personal feed--raising questions, and a lawsuit, about first amendment rights on social media. An expert o…
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When Companies Get Hacked, Should They Be Allowed to Hack Back?
"Patrick Lin, a professor of philosophy at California Polytechnic State University, has finer-grained logistical concerns about any legislation that opens…
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Trump Lawyer Marc Kasowitz Threatens Stranger in Emails: ‘Watch Your Back , Bitch’
"When considering whether words constitute a true threat versus protected speech, “the threat has to be credible and the person has to intend to make the v…
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Behind the scenes of today’s historic net neutrality protest
"The diverse mix of organizations and companies coming together to plan a large internet-wide protest was a perfect example of “democracy in action,” Malki…
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Study: GPS Rules Send California Juveniles Into Jail Cycle
""People in one county didn't even know what the county next door's policies were," said Catherine Crump, an assistant clinical professor…
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Will Massive Net-Neutrality Protest Change the FCC’s Mind?
"But Barbara van Schewick, a law professor and net-neutrality expert at Stanford University, believes that the FCC's independence has its limits. "…