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Evaluating China's Jurisdictional Argument in the South China Sea Case
For those following the Philippines-China South China Sea arbitration, Lawfare alum Sean Mirski has an article over at The Diplomat (“Should the Philippines’ South China Sea Case Against China Proceed?”)... -
The Week that Will Be
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In Afghanistan, the Glass is Still Better Seen as Half Full: A Response to Gary Owen
Editor's Note: In the latest entry in our ongoing dialogue on the future of Afghanistan, Stephen Watts and Sean Mann respond to Gary Owen's critique of their piece on the future of Afghanistan, arguing t... -
The Lawfare Podcast: The American Defense Economy and the Future of American Prosperity
As observers of the defense industry will know, recent developments, such as sequestration and contractor consolidation, have squeezed the American defense industry, resulting in the scraping of long-ter... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Ben kicked off the week by giving us a virtual tour of “Strategic Jerusalem,” a photo essay chronicling his tour of the flashpoints for conflict that surround the city. The “tour,” he writes, is a “visua... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Continuing on its path of destruction, the Islamic State has demolished an ancient Christian monastery in central Syria, the Guardian tells us. Priests and activists say ISIS militants wrecked an Assyria... -
NSA Plans for a Post-Quantum World
Quantum computing is a novel way to build computers -- one that takes advantage of the quantum properties of particles to perform operations on data in a very different way than traditional computers. In... -
Hacking a Sniper Rifle
This is completely alarming. From Wired a few weeks ago: PUT A COMPUTER on a sniper rifle, and it can turn the most amateur shooter into a world-class marksman. But add a wireless connection to that co... -
Rational Security: The "Rested But By No Means Ready" Edition
The Rational Security team is back in in action this week. Shane is back from Maine. I'm back from Israel. And Tamara is back from not being away. On this week's show, the top ISIS fighter in U.S. custod... -
On the New York Times, U.S. Aid to Egypt, and the Leahy Law
The New York Times ran an editorial yesterday disparaging the federal government’s “feckless Egypt policy.” The editorial board quoted favorably from a letter Senator Patrick Leahy had sent Secretary of... -
Reflections on the UN Commission of Inquiry Gaza Report, Part I: The Historical Narrative
On Friday, July 3rd, the UN's Human Rights Council (HRC) voted to adopt a resolution which “welcomes” the Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Gaza Conflict (COI) and calls for “a... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
We begin today in Yemen, where U.S. officials have confirmed after months of investigation that Saudi-led coalition forces are using indiscriminate cluster bombs in their fight against the Houthis. Accor...
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