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“Liberal democracies do not and often cannot respond in kind to cyberattacks on their own way of governance.”

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I'm not afraid of code. I mean, I understand how these things work. I thought that that was the one area where Estonia was…

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The domestic policy of any president, U.S. or otherwise, is his or her own concern, as long as democratic norms are followed.

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As for the European far left, it has very little to do with Marxism-Leninism these days. It has more to do with anti-Semitism, racism,…

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Big data knows and can deduce more about you than Big Brother ever could.

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