Foreign governments are interfering in democratic politics by funding campaigns and propaganda. Liberal democracies can apply financial intelligence tools to counter these efforts, writes Jessica Davis this week’s Foreign Policy Essay.

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Banking on Influence

Liberal democracies can use financial intelligence to counter foreign interference.

Susan Landau looks at how the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act allowed a successful cyberattack tied to the Chinese government to access U.S. wiretapping orders—and what can be done to keep this from happening again.

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CALEA Was a National Security Disaster Waiting to Happen

Thanks to U.S. government requirements for tapping capabilities in phone switches, the Chinese have likely compromised wiretap orders.

Today in The Situation, Benjamin Wittes puts forth 6 "principles for staying sane and rational during a period of a democratic stress born of the screaming."

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The Situation: Staying Sane During the Screaming

Nothing prepares you for it, but habits are important.

Incidents of terrorism conducted for partisan, rather than ideological reasons, have spiked according to new data. Riley McCabe explains the trend in this week’s Foreign Policy Essay.

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U.S. Domestic Terrorism Is Increasingly Motivated by Partisan Politics

Incidents of terrorism conducted for partisan, rather than ideological reasons, have spiked according to new data.