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Lawfare Daily: Civil Military Relations in the Trump Administration

Daniel Byman, Lindsay P. Cohn, Jen Patja
Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 9:33 AM
Discussing the Trump administration's handling of the U.S. military. 
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For today's episode, Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman interviews Lindsay Cohn, an associate professor at the Naval War College and Columbia University, to discuss the Trump administration's handling of the U.S. military. Cohn discusses the firings of senior military officials, military parades, and the U.S. military at the U.S-Mexico border and in Los Angeles. She also assesses which policies are of genuine concern and which are overstated. 

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Daniel Byman

Daniel Byman

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Daniel Byman is a professor at Georgetown University, Lawfare's Foreign Policy Essay editor, and a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic & International Studies.
Lindsay P. Cohn

Lindsay P. Cohn

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Lindsay P. Cohn is a political scientist, teaching strategy, international security, foreign policy, and civil-military relations. Her research focuses on military organizations (especially manpower), civil-military relations, public opinion, and international and national security law. She is writing a book on the domestic use of federal U.S. military forces for law enforcement. She received her PhD in Political Science from Duke University. The views here are her own and do not represent those of any of her employers.
Jen Patja

Jen Patja

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Jen Patja is the editor of the Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security, and serves as Lawfare’s Director of Audience Engagement. Previously, she was Co-Executive Director of Virginia Civics and Deputy Director of the Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier, where she worked to deepen public understanding of constitutional democracy and inspire meaningful civic participation.
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