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The Demagogue as President: Speech, Action and the Big Parade
We are constantly confronted with the question of how seriously to take the president’s words. By one interpretation, not so much: His verbal excesses and outrages should not be confused with action. Thi... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee authored a letter to committee chairman Chuck Grassley asking for public hearings on Russian interference in the U.S., Politico reports. In the letter, Democra... -
Today’s Revolution: Cybersecurity and the International Order
PDF Version A review of Lucas Kello’s The Virtual Weapon and International Order (Yale University Press, 2017). *** -
Why Latin America Needs to Prepare Now for Election Meddling
The Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 U.S. elections caught the world by surprise. This wasn’t because election interference of that kind hadn’t happened before—it had, just ask the Ukrainians—but simpl... -
Another Cryptocurrency Target for U.S. Regulators: Tether
Bitcoin and its ilk have gotten a lot of attention recently as the speculation bubble bursts. The negative attributes and uses of cryptocurrency are substantial: Bitcoin is known to facilitate money laun... -
Friends of the Court: A Suggestion for the FISA Court on the Nunes Memo
You wouldn’t know it from the endless public discussion of the Nunes Memo and the Democratic response to it, but the House of Representatives does not get to decide whether a FISA application is valid. C... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In an interview on Tuesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that Russia is already meddling in the U.S. ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, Fox News reports. Tillerson added that the U.S. is not p... -
Document: State Department Bureau for Cyberspace and the Digital Economy Proposal
On Tuesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sent the following letter and proposal to House Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce, including a proposal for a Bureau for Cyberspace and the Digit... -
Interview: The British Perspective on the Cross-Border Data Problem
The issue of law enforcement access to data held abroad is in the news again with the Supreme Court set to hear oral argument in United States v. Microsoft on Feb. 27, and Congress considering the recent... -
Hoover Book Soiree on Feb. 28: Max Boot's 'The Road Not Taken'
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. on Feb. 28, when Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes will interview Max Boot about his new book, “The Road Not Take... -
Turkish and Russian Offensives Drive New Surge in Fighting in Syria
Turkey and Russia Bombard Syrian Towns -
Why the United States Won't Do 'Governance'
Governance is one of the most important foreign policy challenges—and among the most difficult. Poor governance is linked to civil wars, corruption and a lack of economic development, among other grave p...
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