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The Baker of Hard National Security Choices Strikes Again
First, there was the "drone strike cake," called "notorious" by Rolling Stone Magazine. Then there was the "Zero Dark Thirtieth Birthday Cake," because, well, . . . just because. Now, the mysterious an... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #70: An Interview with Dan Kaminsky
Our guest for Episode 70 of the Cyberlaw Podcast is Dan Kaminsky, a famous cybersecurity researcher who found and helped fix a DNS security flaw. -
UN Draft Political Agreement for Libya
On Monday, the Special Representative and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Bernardino León, presented a new draft political agreement for Libya at a meeting of the Libyan Pol... -
Proposed Legislation in France Would Significantly Expand Surveillance Practices
As the United States reigns in its surveillance practices, France is expanding its own. -
New Issue of Harvard National Security Journal
The Harvard National Security Journal’s spring issue, published last week, may be of interest to readers of Lawfare. It has four major articles. Antonia Chayes previews her forthcoming book, Borderles... -
The Indeterminacy of Zivotofsky’s Exclusivity Analysis
Much anticipated for any number of reasons, Zivotofsky was perhaps most awaited for the valuable contribution it was to make in the form of its analysis of the scope of exclusive executive power. This an... -
Proposed U.S. Export Controls: Implications for Zero-Day Vulnerabilities and Exploits
A year ago, U.S. policy on zero-day software flaws—vulnerabilities unknown to software vendors or users—made headlines. Now, zero-days are back in the news: on May 20, 2015, the U.S. -
“State Opinio Juris and International Humanitarian Law Pluralism” by Michael N. Schmitt and Sean Watts
Mike Schmitt is well-known to many, probably most, regular readers of Lawfare—eminent and prolific scholar of the law of armed conflict (or international humanitarian law); driving force behind the Talli... -
Dispute in the South China Sea: A Legal Primer
Although the United States will often urge the claimants to resolve the South China Sea dispute in accordance with “international law” writ broadly, the conflict is governed in reality by a number of dif... -
Guantanamo Detainee Files Supplemental Memorandum on the End of the War in Afghanistan
On June 5, 2015, in connection with recent motions practice, attorneys for habeas petitioner Mukhtar Yahia Naji al Warafi filed a supplemental memorandum with the U.S. District Court for the District of ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
According to the Pentagon, Iraqi security forces have demonstrated progress in their efforts to maintain control of the oil refinery outside the northern Iraqi city of Baiji. The Wall Street Journal repo... -
Congress and the IANA Transition—A Bipartisan Agreement
The United States is in the midst of a transition that will, when completed, give up its contractual control of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). That authority is currently conducted by t...
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