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The Week That Will Be
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“Deep Risk” under Trump: Bannon and Flynn Are a National Security Problem
In the weeks immediately following his historic 2008 win, President-elect Obama was careful not to elaborate on the foreign policy positions on which he had campaigned. Commentators noted his likely desi... -
New Declaration on UAV Exports Unlikely to Reduce Drone Proliferation
Editor's Note: The use of drones is at the center of the Obama administration's counterterrorism policy – and, perhaps more importantly, at the center of many Lawfare discussions. One frequent concern is... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Bill Banks on ‘Soldiers on the Homefront’
At this week's Hoover Book Soiree, Benjamin Wittes sat down with Bill Banks, Professor of Law at Syracuse University and the Founding Director of the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism,... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Elizabeth Grimm Arsenault flagged the risks of the normalization and use of torture in the next administration. Bobby Chesney listed the executive orders that Trump is most likely to repeal when he come... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President-elect Donald Trump has offered key national security positions to conservative hardliners, the Washington Post reports. Trump will nominate Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS) to head the CIA and... -
The Week That Will Be
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Reminder: Hoover Book Soiree: Bill Banks on "Soldiers on the Homefront: The Domestic Role of the American Military"
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place today, Monday, November 14th. Benjamin Wittes will interview Bill Banks on his new book, Soldiers on t... -
Pence as Trump’s National Security Surrogate?
Much was said about the powerful role Vice President-elect Mike Pence could be expected to play in the Trump administration well before he was named to head the transition team. -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Quinta Jurecic compiled Lawfare’s coverage of the 2016 election. Susan Hennessey made the case for experts to be willing to serve in the Trump administration, despite their moral qualms. -
Hoover Book Soiree: Bill Banks on "Soldiers on the Homefront: The Domestic Role of the American Military"
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place on Monday, November 14th. Benjamin Wittes will interview Bill Banks on his new book, Soldiers on the H... -
Pre-Election Disclosures: How Does, and Should, DOJ Analyze Edge Cases?
Two days ago, Hillary Clinton was formally cleared, again, of the specter of criminal wrongdoing in the FBI’s email investigation. The only cloud left is the one history is deciding whether to permanentl... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, November 7th at 3pm: The Brookings Institution will host an event on Stopping North Korea, Inc.: Sanctions Effectiveness and Unintended ... -
The Lawfare Podcast: David Priess on ‘The President's Book of Secrets’
Two weeks ago, Lawfare’s Jack Goldsmith sat down with David Priess at the Hoover Institution for a Hoover Book Soiree on Priess’s new book, The President’s Book of Secrets: The Untold Story of Intelligen... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Jack Goldsmith and Benjamin Wittes offered a guide for those perplexed by FBI Director James Comey’s decision to revisit the investigation of the Clinton emails. They also assessed the role of Attorney G... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Iraqi troops entered Mosul yesterday for the first time since the Islamic State gained control of the city over two years ago. The New York Times reports on Iraqi special forces’ advance into the Gogjali... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: An Interview with Jonathan Zittrain
Jonathan Zittrain, who holds a surfeit of titles at Harvard, is our guest for episode 136. Among other topics, we explore the implications of routine doxing of political adversaries. Along the way I extr... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, October 31st at 2pm: Michael E. O'Hanlon and Steven Pifer will discuss Nuclear Arms Control Choices for the Next Administration in an ev... -
A Costly Pause in a Troubled Relationship
PDF version A review of Jay Solomon's The Iran Wars: Spy Games, Bank Battles, and the Secret Deals That Reshaped the Middle East (Random House 2016). *** -
America's Counterterrorism Allies: What Are They Good For?
Editor's Note: The United States cannot fight terrorism without allies, but these alliances bring with them new problems and at times make counterterrorism far more complicated, to put it gently. Clint W...
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