Podcast: Dean Cheng on “Russia-China Relations”
One of the notable aspects of the Ukraine war is the support Russia is getting from China. In fact, it is hard to see how Russia could continue the war without China’s support. How...
Category: Economics
Guest Post: “Is Artificial Intelligence the Key to Fixing America’s Money Laundering Problem?”
Today’s post is by Duke Law’s Mr. Robert DeNault who explains in how artificial intelligence (AI) offers a tool to help tackle the extremely difficult problem of stopping the scourge of 21st century financial...
Can taking ‘military’ approach help in re-opening the economy? Here are four suggested ‘taskings’
The news media is rife with experts debating the wisdom (or not) of various timelines to re-open the economy. The military never really shut down, and while there currently are 5,888 COVID-19 cases among...
LENS Essay Series: “Sovereign Investment as a Tool of War: Can International Law Address Financial Aggression by State Actors?”
In today’s post we have a new addition to our online “Essays on Law, Ethics and National Security – A LENS Center Series.” This initiative, as you may recall, is aimed at filling the...
Some encouraging news: efforts to counter COVID-19 may also help protect the public from dangers beyond the virus itself
As the country braces for what President Trump solemnly warned would be a rough several weeks with rising death tolls, millions of Americans are following the social-distancing and stay-at-home orders that have severely limited...
Inaugurating the LENS Essay Series: “The Crisis of Cryptocurrency: Executive Branch Authority to Address the World’s Most Potent Financial Threat”
In this post, we inaugurate our online “Essays on Law, Ethics and National Security – A LENS Center Series.” This initiative is aimed at filling the scholarship gap that so often arises between timely...
The COVID-19 relief package and ‘wartime’ spending: America’s admirable record of economic durability (and more!)
According to Senator Mitch McConnell, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) reflects “a wartime level of investment into our nation.” Obviously, the $2 trillion cost of the stimulus legislation is...
Is Bitcoin targetable?
A little more than a week ago an excellent Vox article recounted how North Korea is using “bitcoin to get around US sanctions” – a report that comes on the heels of others indicating...
Why we don’t need to build a border wall…for now
Yesterday, USA Today ran a front page story about the Trump Administration’s plan for border security which included the much-discussed “wall.” While border security enhancements are appropriate, I believe the wall can be put...
