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Terrorists, Insurgents, Something Else? Clarifying and Classifying the “Generational Challenge”
Editor’s Note: The war against terrorism involves fighting more than terrorists. Some groups use guerrilla war, and still others are proto-states. The post-9/11 struggle has also brought the United State... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Jameel Jaffer on the "The Drone Memos"
At this week's Hoover Book Soiree, Jack Goldsmith interviewed Jameel Jaffer about his new book, The Drone Memos: Targeted Killing, Secrecy, and the Law: -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
This week’s news was unsurprisingly dominated by the release of a series of memos alleging communications between the Trump campaign and the Russian government and an effort by the Kremlin to collect “ko... -
What the Cabinet Exit Memos Have in Common: Climate Change and Resilience Challenges
Several weeks ago we expressed our hope that the incoming administration and the national security community will work together to address the sweeping challenges created by climate change. We stressed t... -
E.O. 12333 Raw SIGINT Availability Procedures: A Quick and Dirty Summary
Earlier this afternoon we flagged the Obama administration's new Executive Order 12333 rules governing Intelligence Community (IC) access to and use of raw signals intelligence (SIGINT). -
The Week That Will Be
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The Waning Federal Monopoly over Foreign Relations
PDF version A review of Michael Glennon and Robert Sloane, Foreign Affairs Federalism: The Myth of National Exclusivity (Oxford University Press, 2016). *** -
Donald Trump and the Future of Intelligence
Editor’s Note: The incoming administration's scorn for intelligence professionals is a matter of grave concern to many of us at Lawfare. I, for one, worry that the administration will conduct its foreign... -
The Fortnight that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
These past two weeks saw a flurry of activity regarding Russian attempts to influence the presidential election. In the days before the new year, the Obama administration announced sanctions against Russ... -
Cabinet Exit Memos
Yesterday 27 agency and department heads released exit memos reflecting on their progress and the work yet to be done. Below are links to seven memos of likely interest to our readers, along with the sub... -
UT-Austin Postdoctoral Fellowship in Intelligence Studies
The Intelligence Studies Project at the University of Texas-Austin will award a postdoctoral fellowship in intelligence studies to a promising young scholar for the 2017-2018 academic year. This unique ... -
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Hoover Book Soiree: Jameel Jaffer on "The Drone Memos: Targeted Killing, Secrecy, and the Law"
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5-7 pm on Monday, January 9, when Jack will interview Jameel Jaffer on his new book The Drone Memos: Targeted Killing... -
Don't Forget Your End-of-Year Contribution to Lawfare
If you are one of the many readers who has donated to Lawfare this year, I want to take this opportunity to thank you. Your support means a great deal to us as we continue to grow. This year has seen ast... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
The week started with some unexpected early excitement over China’s seizure of a U.S. navy drone in international waters in the South China Sea. Julian Ku kicked off our discussion the weak legal basis f... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A gunman has shot and killed Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov at an Ankara art gallery. -
Climate Change and National Security: An Opportunity for the Trump Administration—and Everyone Else
After campaigning on the promise to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, last week President-elect Trump seemed to reaffirm his ambivalence about the scientific consensus on the subject whe... -
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The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
This week saw Donald Trump finally reach a decision as to who will serve as his Secretary of State, following an unusually public and drawn-out selection process: Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson. -
International Spillover Effects
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