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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Has Options in Response to Latest U.S.-Russian ‘Peace Plan’
The plan is a mess, but Ukrainians are right to try to work with the draft rather than reject it out of hand.
How to End the Shadow Budget and Protect Congress’s Power of the Purse
Unless Congress reasserts control over federal spending, the balance the framers designed could collapse into a self-financing presidency.
From Secret Law (2001-2024) to None at All (2025-present)
The Trump administration's lethal strikes are the apotheosis of the last quarter century's often always secret and often unreviewable executive branch legal reasoning.
Early Edition: November 21, 2025
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Normalizing Far-Right Ideologies in the Western Balkans: Croatia’s Role at Home and Abroad
The Croatian government appears to be embracing far-right actions at home and abroad as it undermines neighboring Bosnia's sovereignty and democracy.
Nicaragua v. Germany: Why Israel is Not an Indispensable Third Party
Analysis of Germany's argument before the International Court of Justice in Gaza case.
The Promise and Peril of the U.N. Convention Against Cybercrime
It is up to democracies to ensure that repressive regimes do not abuse the new U.N. Cybercrime Convention to undermine fundamental freedoms.
Early Edition: November 20, 2025
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Securing Solar: Why the Next Great Infrastructure Risk Is Distributed
States and utility companies can act now to transform solar energy from a security liability into a resilient pillar of national power.
State Dept’s Foreign Terrorist Designations Undermine Claims of “Antifa” Threat
Leading counter-extremism expert unpacks the administration's claimed designation of "Antifa Groups"
Early Edition: November 19, 2025
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Is the U.S. Becoming a Captured State? A Comparative Perspective
Patterns of state capture in South Africa, El Salvador, Sri Lanka and Guatemala offer a cautionary guide for the United States.