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The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, September 19th at 4pm: Arthur T. Downey will lecture on his recent book, The Cold War: Law, Lawyers, Spies and Crises in an event at the... -
Livestream of "How Should We Govern Government Hacking?"
Today from 9:15am to 12:30pm, the New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute is hosting a panel event on How Should We Govern Government Hacking? A livestream of the event is below. -
The Islamic State's "Homo Jihadus"
Editor's Note: It's hard to know what aspect of the Islamic State is most disturbing, but high on the list is the use of children as suicide bombers and executioners. Jacob Olidort of the Washington Inst... -
The Lawfare Podcast: An Interview with Independent Presidential Candidate Evan McMullin
It's been an unusual election season so far to put it mildly. Among the many other unexpected or unprecedented occurrences that have taken place over the course of the 2016 campaign season, we've seen ma... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Timothy Edgar explained the nuanced reasons why he has publicly voiced support for Edward Snowden’s campaign for a public pardon. Jack Goldsmith responded decisively both by predicting that President Oba... -
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The Lorax of the Rules Enabling Act: How Not to Stop Mass Hacking
Senator Ron Wyden published an article in Wired this week, co-authored by Matt Blaze and Lawfare’s own Susan Landau, alarmingly entitled, ”The Feds Will Soon Be Able to Legally Hack Almost Anything.” The... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: An Interview with Ciaran Martin
This week’s podcast interview is with Ciaran Martin, the chief executive of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre. -
On National Security Law Scholarship: A Reply to Huq's Critique
On Tuesday, our friend and colleague Aziz Huq posted to ACSblog a fairly critical assessment of national security law scholarship—and, indeed, national security law as an academic discipline, writ large. -
Hot Commodities: Oil Takes Center Stage
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Water Wars: Shifting Strategies in the South China Sea
How do you manage a partner like Duterte? President Duterte showing photos of the Bud Dajo Massacre (Photo: PPD/Rey Baniquet) -
Why President Obama Won't, and Shouldn't, Pardon Snowden
A “pardon Snowden” campaign was launched Wednesday, in conjunction with the Snowden film. Snowden himself made the “moral case” case for why he should be pardoned, and Tim Edgar made a much more powerfu...
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