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Security by the Book Event on Oct. 9: John Mearsheimer’s ‘The Great Delusion’
The Hoover Institution will host the next event of the “Security by the Book” series on Oct. 9 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., where Lawfare’s Jack Goldsmith will interview John Mearsheimer about his new book, “... -
Call for Applications: Cybersecurity Tech Bootcamp for Law & Policy Professionals v1.1 (Austin, October 23-24)
Last May, the cybersecurity program at UT-Austin’s Strauss Center hosted a well-received 1.5 day technical bootcamp for law and policy professionals who are interested in cybersecurity but who seek great... -
Can International Humanitarian Law Restrain Armed Groups? Lessons from NGO Work on Anti-Personnel Landmines
Editor’s Note: The laws of war are written by and for states, but we want fighters in civil wars to treat civilians well, not use unconventional weapons, respect cultural heritage sites, and otherwise fi... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Robert Kagan on 'The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World'
On Wednesday, Brookings Senior Fellow Robert Kagan sat down with Susan Glasser of the New Yorker to discuss Kagan's new book "The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World." In the book, Kagan a... -
Document: Special Counsel Appeal Brief in Miller v. U.S.
The special counsel's office has filed a brief in Miller v. United States, concerning Andrew Miller's appeal of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia's order holding him in contempt of cou... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
After a confusing week in which rumors flew that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had resigned or would be fired, Rosenstein has kept his job—for now. On Thursday, Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Witt... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Saudi Arabia is seeking to work with the U.S. to build nuclear power plants in the Kingdom, but the challenge of building plants while also preventing the spread of nuclear weapons is stalling negotiatio... -
Sovereignty on Steroids: International Institutions and the Trump Administration’s “Ideology of Patriotism”
President Donald Trump’s Sept. 25 speech to the U.N. General Assembly surprised few with its condemnation and dismissal of international institutions—from the World Trade Organization, to the U.N. Human ... -
Diplomacy and Defense in Cyber Space
Note: This article is based on a presentation at the Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers in Vienna on August 31, 2018. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
While speaking to the United Nations Security Council, President Trump accused China of meddling in U.S. elections by attempting to damage his political standing before the midterms in response to his im... -
Tech Firms Are Not Sovereigns
Technology firms are extraordinarily powerful. They control vast sums of money. They serve unprecedentedly large customer bases—in some instances, larger customer bases than any nation on earth (Facebook... -
How Rod Rosenstein Protects the Mueller Investigation
Unless something changes again in the mercurial mind of Donald Trump, it looks like Rod Rosenstein will survive the day. He survived last Friday, Sept. 21, when the New York Times published a report that...
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