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Beyond Privacy & Security: The Role of the Telecommunications Industry in Electronic Surveillance
The court fight between Apple and FBI over access to a terrorist iPhone is just the latest chapter in the long-running tension between security professionals trying to get access to information and commu... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, April 11th at 1 pm: The Center for Strategic and International Studies will host Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness B... -
Why Victory in Mosul Won’t Solve America’s Iraq Conundrum
Editor's Note: Despite its successful terrorist attacks in Europe, the Islamic State is being hit hard in Iraq. Indeed, Iraqi forces and their U.S. and coalition allies are gearing up to retake Mosul, Ir... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Eric Schwartz, Refugee Policy,and the Syrian Civil War
This week on the podcast, we welcome Eric Schwartz, the Dean of the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Schwartz previously served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of S... -
Thoughts on Brian Egan's ASIL Speech
Last Friday, the new State Department Legal Adviser, Brian Egan, gave a speech on “International Law, Legal Diplomacy, and the Counter-ISIL Campaign” at the American Society of International Law (ASIL) a... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Benjamin Wittes linked to State Department Legal Adviser Brian Egan’s speech at the annual meeting of the American Society of International Law. Ashley Deeks responded to his speech, highlighting Egan’s... -
Video of Adam Segal at His Hoover Book Soiree
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
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Hollande Abandons Constitutional Amendment, Bolsters Defense
On March 30, President François Hollande announced that he was abandoning a constitutional amendment that would have enshrined state of emergency powers and stripped French citizenship from convicted ter... -
Sometimes a Name is Only a Name
Daniel Bethlehem says that my claim that the Obama administration has embraced the Bush doctrine of preemption for anticipatory self-defense “misses an essential element.” The essential element I misse... -
Draft Feinstein-Burr Encryption Bill is Here
The Hill has obtained a draft of Senators Dianne Feinstein and Richard Burr's much-discussed and long-awaited encryption bill, entitled the "Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016." The bill is designe... -
Is a U.S.-China “Face-Saving Compromise” Possible in the South China Sea?
As the U.S. government and policymaking community continues to debate how to respond to China’s actions in the South China Sea, it is worth stepping back a moment to look at the emerging dispute from Chi...
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