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Another Day, Another Cyber-Attack on Lawfare
If you've noticed any slowness in Lawfare's performance this morning, the reason is another denial of service attacks. -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, August 1st at 12:45pm: Edward Schumacher-Matos, director of the Edward R. Murrow Center at Tufts University, will speak on The Future of... -
The Islamic State Threat to the Middle East
Politicians and analysts in Europe and the United States understandably focus on the threat the Islamic State poses to the West, and the debate is fierce over whether the group’s recent attacks are a des... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
This week’s news was dominated by the Demoncratic Convention and allegations that the Russian government hacked the DNC, perhaps to aid Republican nominee Donald Trump. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
American intelligence agencies have reached a consensus of “high confidence” that Russia was in fact behind the hacking of 20,000 DNC emails, according to The New York Times. The hack could have been par... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In an unusual campaign season punctuated by scandals and high unfavorability numbers for both leading candidates, the latest turn might just be the most shocking. -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, July 25th at 2pm: The Turkish Heritage Foundation will hold a teleconference on Democracy Under Attack in Turkey. Michael Reynolds, Josh... -
Why a Minority Safe Haven in Iraq Won't Work
Editor's Note: The Middle East and Iraq and Syria in particular have long enjoyed religious diversity, with a range of Muslim and non-Muslim groups, including some of the world’s oldest Christian communi... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Steve Budiansky on ‘Code Warriors’
Steve Budiansky is the author of Code Warriors: NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union. He joined Ben at the Hoover Book Soiree recently for a live conversation about... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Cody Poplin posted the public remarks Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins released before the pre-trial hearings in the 9/11 case at Guantanamo Bay resumed. David Hopen continued Lawfare’s... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric living in self-imposed exile in rural Pennsylvania, orchestrated last week’s failed coup. Erdogan has promised to request Gul... -
The Military at Home
PDF version A review of William C. Banks and Stephen Dycus's Soldiers on the Home Front: The Domestic Role of the American Military (Harvard, 2016). *** -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
More than 9,000 people have been detained in Turkey as President Erdogan continues his crackdown in the aftermath of the failed coup, jailing generals, military officials, governors and police officers. ... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, July 18th at 4pm: The Institute of World Politics will host a lecture by Dr. Mackubin Thomas Owens on Naval Warfare: The Strategic Influ... -
Reminder: A Hoover Non-Book Soiree, Walter Pincus on the Norms of National Security Reporting
The next in our series of soirees at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place on Wednesday, when Ben interviews Walter Pincus about his new essay, "Reflections on Secrecy and the Press ... -
Brexit: The UK Goes Back to the Future
Editor's Note: Is the United Kingdom part of Europe? Perhaps influenced too much by my childhood Risk board, my answer has long been “yes.” But the Brexit vote calls this identity into question, and unce... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Julian Ku provided us with swift commentary after the Philippines’ sweeping victory in the South China Sea arbitration on Tuesday morning. The next morning, he considered the legal justifications for the... -
A Hoover Non-Book Soiree: Walter Pincus on the Norms of National Security Reporting
The next in our series of soirees at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place on July 20, when Ben interviews Walter Pincus about his new essay, "Reflections on Secrecy and the Press fr... -
CIA Director John Brennan Speaks at Brookings
Today at 1:30 pm, CIA Director John Brennan will deliver remarks at the Brookings Institution on the CIA's strategy in the face of emerging challenges. General John R. Allen, Co-Director of the Center fo... -
The Week That Will Be
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