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February 12, 2018

Intelligence
The Intelligence Collection Implications of the CLOUD Act

The CLOUD Act is supposed to help foreign law enforcement investigate crime. It could also help foreign countries spy on each other. 

CFS Leitrim

February 25, 2011

Politics and Government
Friday File: Washington Braces for the Showdown over the Government Shutdown

Senate Budget Committee Ranking member Jeff Sessions and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan speak in response to President Barack Obama's Fiscal Year 2010 budget in Washington. (Jason Reed/cou…

Senate Budget Committee Ranking member Jeff Sessions and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan speak in response to President Barack Obama’s Fiscal Year 2010 budget in Washington

January 17, 2020

Election 2020
Campaign Foreign Policy Roundup: The Seventh Democratic Debate

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy. This week: the Democrats debate in Des Moines, the New York Times interviews the candidates, and two new poll…

The top six Democratic presidential challengers take the stage at the January 14 debate in Des Moines, Iowa.

June 18, 2015

United States
Guest Post: Preventing Conflict Escalation and State Collapse in Libya

Samantha Andrews is an intern in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. On Sunday, the United States carried out an airstrike in Libya that reportedly killed Mokhtar B…

Libyan Soldiers 2015

December 7, 2011

China
The Growing Brouhaha Over Beijing’s Air Quality

Buildings in Beijing are pictured on a recent day with heavy haze and smog. (Jason Lee / Courtesy of Reuters) Smog recently forced the cancellation of almost 700 flights at Beijing airport, igniting…

Buildings in Beijing are pictured on a recent day with heavy haze and smog.

April 11, 2011

Thailand
Thailand: Another Coup?

Thai soldiers salute as a coffin of their comrade killed in a recent car bombing is flown home from the troubled Yala province in southern Thailand March 2, 2011. (Damir Sagolj/Courtesy Reuters) In …

Thai soldiers salute as a coffin of their comrade killed in a recent car bombing is flown home from the troubled Yala province in southern Thailand March 2, 2011.