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The presidential transition continues, and it appears not to be proceeding smoothly. -
Dispute Resolution Over Alleged Russian Breaches of the INF Treaty
President-elect Donald Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone last Monday, agreeing to improve the “unsatisfactory” relations between the two nuclear powers. “The overall tone of the c... -
Trump’s Internet and How to Stop It
Masha Gessen is a pro-democracy activist and journalist born in Moscow who for years risked her freedom and more to stand up to Vladimir Putin’s regime. She now lives in New York. Shortly after last we... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) -
The Chess Clock Debates: Is There a Duty to Serve In Trump’s America?
We don’t normally post episodes of the Chess Clock Debates to Lawfare, as the show is not normally oriented towards national security issues. -
Should We Work with the Devil We Know against the Islamic State?
President-elect Donald Trump harshly criticized President Obama’s record on Syria: Obama, he claimed, allowed the Middle East to fall into chaos and let the Islamic State and other terrorist groups flour... -
“Deep Risk” under Trump: Bannon and Flynn Are a National Security Problem
In the weeks immediately following his historic 2008 win, President-elect Obama was careful not to elaborate on the foreign policy positions on which he had campaigned. Commentators noted his likely desi... -
My Lloyd Cutler Rule of Law Lecture: "Law and the Use of Force: Challenges for the Next President"
Read John Bellinger's Lloyd Cutler Lecture on Rule of Law at the Supreme Court. -
Protecting the Republic: Securing Communications is More Important than Ever
For some time I have argued that encryption is a security versus security issue. Given our reliance on cyber, that is, our increasing intertwining of the physical world with network controls, I continue ... -
New Declaration on UAV Exports Unlikely to Reduce Drone Proliferation
Editor's Note: The use of drones is at the center of the Obama administration's counterterrorism policy – and, perhaps more importantly, at the center of many Lawfare discussions. One frequent concern is... -
The Trump Presidency and America’s Challenge
Now that the United States has put its historic elections behind it, and as we go about examining the poll results, it’s clear that we cannot keep reducing the factors involved in facilitating the electi... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Bill Banks on ‘Soldiers on the Homefront’
At this week's Hoover Book Soiree, Benjamin Wittes sat down with Bill Banks, Professor of Law at Syracuse University and the Founding Director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism,...
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