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Early Edition: September 17, 2020

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A U.S. Air Force MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), awaits a mission at an air base in the Persian Gulf region on January 7, 2016.

What a Few Cakes Say About the US Drone Program

Fondant creations on cakes - yes cakes - provide a rare window into a largely closed culture of national security policymaking. Their creation in 2013, publication, and re-emergence…
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Absentee Voting, the Military, and Our Democracy

States need significant additional federal funds to effectively implement voting by mail.
Boys lay on top of one another at an overcrowded Juveniles’ cell at Tal Kayf prison in April 2019.

How to Answer Iraq’s Failure to Put a Stop to Torture

Parliament should ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture. Short of that, Prime Minister al-Kadhimi can take action.
Trump and Chad Wolf speak to members of border control on August 18, 2020. Neither wear face masks.

Whistleblower: DHS Suppressed Reports on Central America and Inflated Risk of Terrorist Border-Crossers

Brian Murphy’s Whistleblower complaint confirms: White House officials and political appointees in federal agencies hid carefully investigated and proven facts and substituted…

Early Edition: September 16, 2020

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75 Years On: Remaking the Case for the United Nations

With crosscurrents pointing to an “anti-multilateralist turn” in international affairs, it is imperative to make the case for a reinvigorated U.N.
OECD Chart of United States and South Korea harmonized unemployment rates from Oct. 2019-July 2020. The chart shows the two countries had approximately the same unemployment rate before March 2020, around 3.5% to 4%. By April 2020, the unemployment rate in the U.S. rose to about 14%, while South Korea stayed approximately the same. The rate in South Korea peaked at 4.5% in May 2020, and remained between 3 and 4.5% thereafter. The U.S. rate decreased after April, but has not returned anywhere close to the levels it was at before. In July 2020, the rate remains over 10%.

Mass Job Losses and Other Economic Costs of President Trump’s Inaction on Coronavirus

An economic analysis of the impact of federal mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic, including effects on unemployment and recession.

Early Edition: September 15, 2020

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Members of a displaced family sit outside a UNHCR tent in the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp in the al-Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria on August 25, 2020, where families of Islamic State (IS) foreign fighters are held.

Repatriating ISIS Family Members: A North Macedonia Model?

One of the smallest members of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS has adopted a comprehensive plan to bring home its citizens from squalid camps in Syria.
Soldiers from the United States Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard march in parade during the National POW/MIA Recognition observance ceremony September 16, 2005 on the River Parade Field at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.

Déjà Vu All Over Again: Racial Disparity in the Military Justice System

Fifty years ago, a task force seeking to determine the nature and extent of racial disparities in the U.S. military justice system, grappled with many of the same questions that…

Early Edition: September 14, 2020

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