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The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, March 21st at 11 am: The CATO Institute will host an event entitled America's Invisible Wars. Mark Mazzetti will moderate a conversation... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: An Interview with Phil Reitinger
In bonus episode 106, Stewart and Alan interview Phil Reitinger, former DHS Deputy Undersecretary for Cybersecurity and Sony Corporation CISO and current Director of the new Global Cyber Alliance, making... -
ICANN and the IANA Transition -- Proceed With Caution
Two years ago, the United States government, acting through the National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced its intention to sever the last contractual control it had over the ad... -
(Un)Dignified Killer Robots? The Problem with the Human Dignity Argument
Editor's Note: Autonomous weapons systems are often vilified as “killer robots” that will slay thousands without compunction – arguments that the systems’ proponents often dismiss with a wave of their ha... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Gen. Michael Hayden on ‘Playing to the Edge’
Last week, General Michael Hayden—the only person to be both the director of the CIA and the NSA—joined Lawfare’s Benjamin Wittes at the Hoover Book Soiree for a discussion of his new book, Playing to th... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Cody Poplin linked us to President Obama’s announcement nominating Merrick Garland to SCOTUS. Following the announcement, Benjamin Wittes praised Merrick Garland’s nomination and highlighted his national... -
China and Cybertheft: Did Action Follow Words?
I was very skeptical about last September’s US-China “agreement” in which China pledged that it would not “conduct or knowingly support cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property, including trade secre... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Salah Abdeslam, the most wanted fugitive behind the Islamic State’s terrorist attacks in Paris last November, was arrested today after a shootout with police in Brussels. Media reports indicate that Abde... -
Syria and the Kurdish Question Revisited
While Russian President Vladimir Putin’s sudden decision to withdraw troops from Syria caught many by surprise, it was not the only dramatic development in Syria this week. Syria’s Kurds had a surprise o... -
Water Wars: After Recent Diplomatic Clashes, Sino-Japanese Relations Hang in the Balance
A PRC surveillance vessel crusies next to Japan Coast Guard patrol ships near the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands (Photo: Kyodo) -
Rational Security: The "Wingnuts and Wingmen" Edition
President Obama nominates national security lawyer Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. An American ISIS defector is in Kurdish custody. And major Web sites have been delivering malware to their readers... -
Dispatch #11: The Mood at Idomeni Darkens
IDOMENI, Greece—“If we stay here like this we’re going to start eating each other’s flesh” says Um Sabry, a Syrian woman from Afrin.
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