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Today’s rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) could disrupt and destabilize the existing military balance—and not necessarily for the reasons that have captured popular imagination. The potentia...
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In this week’s episode, Professors Chesney and Vladeck explore three big national security law developments from the past few days.
First up: The news that the FISC, on two separate occasions, issued or...
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Addressing the U.N. General Assembly, President Trump threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea and labeled Iran a “rogue nation,” the New York Times reported. In remarks at the summit of world leaders...
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“Regular” is not the first word that comes to mind when I think about the current president. The process that led to the travel ban is a perfect example of why. The original executive order was rushed ou...
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Iraq Braces for Kurdish Independence Referendum
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By all accounts, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly understood that he needed to restore order to White House operations. He probably doubted that he would have to remind the lawyers for the president...
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The application period for the 2018 Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition is open through November 13, 2017. The Clara Barton Competition is an annual legal simulation that replicates t...
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Our interview is with Jeanette Manfra, DHS’s Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Communications. We cover her agency’s binding directive to other civilian agencies to purge Kaspersky software from...
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Today marks 70 years since the National Security Act took effect, restructuring the American national security apparatus toward what it looks like today. The septuagenarian law forms the basis of much of...
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U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said on Sunday that the Security Council has no options left to contain North Korea’s nuclear program. Trump administration officials escalated their rhetoric against North Ko...
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On July 20, Judge Steven Jones of the Northern District of Georgia sentenced Evgeny Levitskyy (known by the moniker M.ur.d.e.r.e.r.) to 46 months in prison and three years of supervised release. Levitsky...
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Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
Monday, September 18 at 3:30 pm: The Brookings Institution will host Pierre Moscovici, the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affa...
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It is no secret that Silicon Valley and Washington have dramatically different workplace cultures and attitudes toward risk and technology. In the valley, savvy entrepreneurs look to disrupt the status q...
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CNN and the New York Times this evening published dueling scoops on former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
As Jim Comey might put it: Lordy, there appear to be tapes.
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On Saturday, the Juggalos marched on Washington. According to their website, they would “take our fight to the streets” this weekend to protest the FBI’s treatment of them. Which led a lot of people to a...
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Editor’s Note: The incoming administration's scorn for intelligence professionals is a matter of grave concern to many of us at Lawfare. I, for one, worry that the administration will conduct its foreign...
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The evidence of foreign interference in the 2016 U.S. elections emphasizes the significant national security threat to our democracy posed by weak cybersecurity in election-critical systems. Last week, S...
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Jack Goldsmith analyzed the precedents for a legal justification for a strike on North Korea in opinions from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel.
Bob Bauer argued that the impeachment proc...
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On July 28, the Department of Justice turned to the D.C. superior court to enforce a since-modified computer search warrant against DreamHost, a web hosting service. One of DreamHost’s customers, a websi...
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On our Foreign Policy feed, we describe the high points and shortcomings of the White House's response to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The piece begins:
