Since its founding, Lawfare has produced rigorous, in-depth research at the intersection of law, national security, foreign policy, and technology. In 2025, these efforts were unified under the Lawfare Research Initiative. This page collects all of Lawfare’s published research papers, along with podcast interviews featuring their authors.
On this page you will find links to view Lawfare's various research projects.
Special Projects
Lawfare's Research Intiative
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Lawfare Daily: Scott Anderson on How Social Media Platforms Should Handle Unrecognized Regimes
How should social media platforms handle unrecognized regimes like the Taliban? -
Platforms, Sanctions, and Unrecognized Regimes
A novel strategy for social media platforms dealing with local de facto authorities like the Taliban. -
Security by Design in Perspective
Lessons Learned for Future Law, Policy, and Technology. -
Lawfare Daily: Sezaneh Seymour and Brandon Wales on Private-Sector Cyber Operations
Reevaluating whether offensive cyber operations should be a a government-only function. -
Partners or Provocateurs? Private-Sector Involvement in Offensive Cyber Operations
A structured framework to evaluate the risks and benefits of authorizing private companies to “hack back.” -
Lawfare Daily: David Noll on Civil Contempt Against a Defiant Executive
How can courts enforce their rulings? -
Civil Contempt Against a Defiant Executive
Courts have tools—from noncustodial sanctions to judicial deputies—to enforce their orders. -
The Security by Design Project: An Annotated Review
An academic, comprehensive, and holistic look back at two years of Lawfare research on Security by Design and attempts to implement the concept effectively. -
The Programmable State: The e-CNY and China’s Quest for Smarter Surveillance
China’s digital yuan could set a global precedent for programmable money—and for state-controlled financial surveillance.
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