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Executive Agreements: International Lawmaking Without Accountability?
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The Cyberlaw Podcast: 'Pay no Attention to the Guns, the Flashbang, and the Handcuffs. You’re Free to Go at Any Time.'
Nate Jones, David Kris and I kick off 2019 with a roundup of the month of news since we took our Christmas break. -
In Visiting China, Kim Jong Un Makes Good on New Year’s Speech
Editor’s Note: The Trump administration has made North Korea one of its strategic priorities, but the Pyongyang regime is inscrutable, making it difficult to determine the best approach. Brookings senior... -
Everyone Calm Down About That Declaration of National Emergency
Stuck with a government shutdown, President Trump and his advisors are reportedly considering the invocation of emergency authorities in order to begin construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border... -
So How Big a Deal Are Those Manafort Disclosures?
I was focused yesterday on the indictment of Natalia Veselnitskaya and only considered briefly the apparently inadvertent disclosures by Paul Manafort's lawyers concerning their client's contacts with a ... -
The Veselnitskaya Obstruction Indictment: A Collusion Tale
It’s not about L’Affaire Russe, but the indictment of Natalia Veselnitskaya tells a remarkable story about Russian abuse of the U.S. judicial system. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Special Edition: Jaimie Nawaday on the Veselnitskaya Indictment
I talk to Jaimie Nawaday, a former federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, to discuss the indictment of Natalia Veselnitskaya over alleged obstruction of justice in a case Nawaday handle... -
Document: D.C. Circuit Upholds Contempt Citation in Mueller Mystery Subpoena Case
On Tuesday, Judges Tatel, Griffith and Williams of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a contempt citation against the unnamed defendant in In re: Grand Jury Subpoena, the case of the m... -
U.S. Syria Withdrawal Impact on Kurdish Partners
On Dec. 19, 2018, President Trump unexpectedly announced that U.S. would withdraw its troops from Syria. To date, the U.S. has deployed around 2,000 troops to Syria, many of them Special Forces members a... -
Document: Indictment Charging Russian Lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya Describes Links to Kremlin
On Tuesday, Magistrate Judge Katharine H. Parker of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York unsealed a Dec. 20 indictment charging Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who atte... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Trump will deliver an address from the Oval Office on Tuesday evening to discuss the government shutdown and border security, reports the New York Times. -
The Lawfare Podcast: John Sipher on Spy Swaps: Past, Present, and Future
The Russian government's recent arrest of American Paul Whelan and its charges against him have many politicians and pundits speculating about the possibility of an intended spy swap for Maria Butina. Th...
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