Arming Icebreakers
By Andreas Kuersten RealClearDefense Icebreakers ply polar waters, smashing open sea lanes with their heavily armored bows. Yet in addition to being equipped to do battle with the elements, should […]
Tag Archives: Congress
Gerrymandering is Illegal, But Only Mathematicians can Prove It
By Erica Klarreich Wired Partisan gerrymandering—the practice of drawing voting districts to give one political party an unfair edge—is one of the few political issues that voters of all stripes find […]
The Hollowness of the Arguments of the FCC and FTC Chairmen Regarding Internet Consumer Privacy
By Andreas Kuersten Jurist Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Ajit Pai and Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Maureen Ohlhausen begin their recent op-ed (a bull-headed defense […]
The CIA Turns on the Senate Over Torture Report
By Spencer Ackerman The Guardian It was 11pm, in the chill of January, but Daniel Jones needed a run around the Capitol. During the winter of early 2014 Jones’s only […]
Changing the Conversation About Government Regulation
By Daniel Carpenter Washington Monthly It’s late, and we’re tired. In the last year of the Obama presidency, a certain fatigue has set in to domestic policy debates, especially over […]
The Battle for Land Rights in the American West
By Christopher Solomon Outside The American West is our handsome conundrum—too beautiful to use, too useful to be left alone, as a Colorado journalist once put it. In the past, […]
Why Can’t America Build an Icebreaker?
By Andreas Kuersten The Arctic Journal The United States is one of five countries with an Arctic coastline and continental shelf. As such, it is both burdened with direct responsibility […]
Using Financial Sticks to Control Iran
By Juan Zarate & Chip Poncy The Washington Post As Congress considers the Iranian nuclear deal, it should also prepare a strategy to use U.S. financial and economic power aggressively […]
Congress Seeks to Quash Patent Trolls
By Heidi Ledford Nature Predatory ‘patent trolls’ could soon find it harder to operate in the United States. Legislation to curb frivolous patent lawsuits has regained momentum after lawmakers in […]
The Damage to U.S. Interests Abroad of Domestic Political Intemperance
By Paul R. Pillar The National Interest Tom Cotton’s sophomoric stunt of an open letter to the Iranians telling them not to have confidence in whatever the United States puts […]
