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The Lawfare Podcast: Kate Klonick and Alina Polyakova on Pandemics, Platform Governance and Geopolitics
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Time to Get a Handle on America’s Conduct of Proxy Warfare
In the past decade, proxy warfare has become a major challenge to global stability. What are the gaps in the current toolkit to regulate proxy wars? -
The National Security Law Podcast: The Penn Is Mightier Than the Sword!
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Could COVID-19 Upend International Asylum Norms?
Countries have tightened borders and halted refugee resettlement in response to COVID-19. But these moves occur against the backdrop of worldwide hostility to migrants and refugees. -
Rational Security: The 'Ready, Aim, Fire Everyone!' Edition
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The Lawfare Podcast: China, Technology and Global Supply Chains with the Cyberspace Solarium Commission
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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Lawfare’s daily roundup of national security news and opinion. -
Three Cheers for Paper Hearings
Two Senate committees have adopted a paper hearing format to continue holding oversight hearings while maintaining social distancing. -
What Happens If the Trump Administration Designates Drug Cartels as Terrorist Organizations?
The move would allow the president to implement several criminal and financial penalties against those groups and their members—but the measures will not necessarily help the federal government combat th... -
German Military Cyber Operations are in a Legal Gray Zone
In 2016, Germany created its military cyber command. But legal restrictions could ultimately decrease its flexibility and operational effectiveness. -
Why Is Trump’s Inspector General Purge Not a National Scandal?
The removal of a couple of inspectors general for transparently—and in one case, admittedly—self-interested reasons no longer generates outrage. -
Water Wars: Coronavirus Spreads Risk of Conflict Around the South China Sea
As the coronavirus upends military operations across the Indo-Pacific, naval powers commit to costly signaling on Taiwan and the South China Sea.


