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HISHAM MELHEM: DO THE ADMINISTRATION’S CURIOUS MOVES AGAINST IRAN AMOUNT TO MUCH? 1 on 1
This week, the US pulled out of a 1955 treaty of amity with Iran. They did it to send a signal that the two countries, that haven’t been friends since 1979, still aren’t, apparently. They also pulled out of a second important agreement, an amendment to the Vienna Convention, in protest of a case brought under it against the US by the Palestinians. Both acts were linked to actions in the International Court of Justice—one a loss on a case regarding Iran sanctions that was tied in part to the 1955 treaty, the other due to a pending case from the Palestinians. And both were part of recent U.S. pushback against multilateralism and international legal institutions in particular…as well as on-going efforts to turn up the heat on Iran and Palestine. Listen
DAVID SANGER: THE WAR THAT NEVER ENDS, LATEST DISPATCHES FROM THE CYBER FRONT
Indictments in Washington and Holland made it clear that Russian intelligence has been pursuing cyber operations far beyond just America’s elections. With efforts targeting sports doping authorities (to retaliate for Russian athletes being caught juicing) and others going after investigators associated with the shoot-down of the Malaysian airliner flight over Ukraine, Western intelligence agencies sent a strong message to Vladimir Putin that they have their eye on him. The question, as cyber expert and Deep Stater David Sanger puts it is, does he care? Also in cyber news, Vice President Mike Pence said China was targeting Donald Trump because they don’t like him. While it’s easy to understand why they wouldn’t, Pence didn’t offer much evidence. Sanger also discusses. Listen
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Stories We’re Watching
Iran, North Korea and New US Counterterrorism Strategy
- Lawfare: Thoughts on the ICJ’s Decision in Iran v United States and the Trump Administration’s Treaty Withdrawals
- Defense One: Trump’s ‘Maximum-Pressure’ Strategy for North Korea and Iran Will Fail
- White House: National Strategy for Counterterrorism
- Stars & Stripes: Trump announces new US counterterrorism strategy
- Order from Chaos: Takeaways from the Trump administration’s new counterterrorism strategy
Kavanaugh
Kavanaugh now has enough votes to be confirmed. Watch Susan Collins Speech here.
- Kavanaugh’s WSJ Op-Ed: I Am an Independent, Impartial Judge
- The Economist: From #MeToo to #ScrewYou
- Slate: Only the Seated Supreme Court Justices Can Save Us NowThe Kavanaugh debacle has taken us too far.
- Talking Points Memo: Why Doesn’t Grassley Get More Grief for Lying Like This?
Russian Hacking Schemes
- Lawfare: Takeaways From the Latest Russian Hacking Indictment
- CSIS Brief: Going on the Offensive: A U.S. Strategy to Combat Russian Information Warfare
- Financial Times: GRU revelations shatter spies’ code of silence
- The Cipher Brief: Russia’s Worldwide Cyber Misbehavior
Nobel Peace Prize
- The Economist: The 2018 Nobel peace prize is awarded to a surgeon and a former slave. Two campaigners fighting against rape as a weapon of war have shone a light on a horrible tactic
- The Independent: Trump opponents rejoice as US President is snubbed for Nobel peace prize in favour of campaigners against sexual violence
