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April 29, 2014

Sub-Saharan Africa
A “Soft Approach” to Nigeria’s Boko Haram

Many of Nigeria’s foreign friends have urged the Jonathan government to pursue a northern strategy that makes use of "softer" methods rather than a sole focus on "counter-terrorism" to respond to mil…

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October 26, 2021

Cybersecurity
Consumer-facing Companies Still Have Few Incentives to Stop Data Breaches, and That’s a National Security Concern.

U.S. adversaries have been able to exfiltrate data from U.S. companies in recent years seemingly at will. It’s time for the government to get serious about combating data theft across all industries…

Former Deputy National Security Advisor Matthew Pottinger at the opening of the Belt and Road Forum in 2017.

May 26, 2022

Technology and Innovation
Can You Hear Me? Speech and Power in the Global Digital Town Square

Elon Musk's plans to buy Twitter have led to renewed discussions on free speech. But much of the debate has neglected the international reach of social media companies—and its legal implications.

Elon Musk's twitter account is seen on a smartphone in front of the Twitter logo in this photo illustration taken on April 15, 2022.

October 28, 2016

China
Bringing International Pressure To Bear on Nicolás Maduro

[This post was co-authored with John Polga-Hecimovich*. It is the third of a series that begins with this post.] The collapse in Venezuela has many potential costs: democratic regression in Latin Am…

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June 26, 2015

Iran
Obama on Iran and Syria: See No Evil

The slaughter in Syria and the awful human rights violations in Iran cannot be denied by the Obama administration, but they sure can be downplayed and ignored. On the Iran point, consider the releas…