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Rational Security: The “Going Once, Going Twice” Edition
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Reading the Eastman Disbarment Recommendation
Many, though not all, of the lawyers who attempted to overturn the 2020 election continue to face the fallout. -
Chatter: Why Foreign Policy Elites Matter with Elizabeth Saunders
What influence does the "blob" actually have on foreign policy making? -
There Is No General First Amendment Right to Distribute Machine-Learning Model Weights
Unlike source code, which humans use to express ideas to each other, model weights function primarily as machine-readable instructions. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Paul Beckett on the Evan Gershkovich Case
Discussing Evan Gershkovish's year long detention in Russia -
Lawfare Live: Trump's Trials and Tribulations, April 4
Join the Lawfare team for a discussion of the trials of Donald Trump -
Ukraine’s Artillery Shell Shortfall
The price of peace and how Ukraine’s allies have failed to deliver munitions. -
A President and His Justices
A review of Cliff Sloan, “The Court at War: FDR, His Justices, and the World They Made” (PublicAffairs, 2023) -
The Lawfare Podcast: Contestability in Government AI Systems
What does meaningful contestability of AI systems look like in practice? -
The ICJ’s Modified Provisional Measures Order in South Africa v. Israel
The Court’s March 28 order finds that the exponentially deteriorating humanitarian conditions in Gaza constitute a change in the situation and warrant additional measures. -
Biden Interview Transcript Reveals Some Flaws in the Hur Report
Robert Hur’s analysis of Biden’s “I just found all the classified stuff downstairs” does not engage with Biden’s explanation of the comment. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Data Privacy and Consumer Protection with the FTC’s Ben Wiseman
Discussing the FTC's recent focus on health, location, and kids' privacy -
Nuremberg's Regrettable Sibling: The Contradictions of the Tokyo Tribunal
A review of Gary Bass, "Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia" (Knopf, 2023) -
Keeping but Reforming Special Counsel Rules: A Reply to Jack Goldsmith
Yes, there are serious problems with the special counsel rules, but it is worth trying to fix them. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Asylum-Seekers and the EU Migration Pact
How is asylum and migration law evolving globally? -
The False Promise of Nuclear Deterrence for Postwar Ukrainian Security
Postwar Ukraine should avoid tying its security to nuclear weapons—its own or NATO’s—instead ensuring its conventional forces are robust and defensively oriented. -
The Lawfare Podcast, Trump’s Trials and Tribulations: Two Weeks Until a Trial
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The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
It Depends Who’s Doing the Jawboning
In Murthy v. Missouri, one vital piece of context has gone unacknowledged: Different administrations operate differently. -
China Slapped for Hacking Campaign + I Feel the Need For a ... Cyber Force?
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
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Lawfare Daily: The U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq and the Future of the Iraq-U.S. Relationship
A panel of Iraq experts discusses what the U.S. withdrawal from Iraq means for the region.
