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Russia and China to Sign Joint Declaration on Principles of International Law
According to a statement issued today by the Russian Foreign Ministry (thanks to the OUP International Law Blog for flagging it), during the upcoming June 25, 2016 state visit of the Russian president to... -
John Carlin on "Detect, Disrupt, Deter: A Whole-of-Government Approach to National Security Cyber Threats"
Assistant Attorney General John Carlin, who runs the Justice Department's National Security Division, has a new paper out in the Harvard National Security Journal entitled "Detect, Disrupt, Deter: A Whol... -
The Week That Will Be
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The Orlando Shootings in Perspective: How the Recent Attacks Fit within the History of Anti-LGBT Violence
Editor's Note: Discussion of the Orlando killings has focused on the role of the Islamic State and the self-radicalization of so-called "Lone Wolves." The killings, however, also are an act of unspeakab... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Fred Kaplan on ‘Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War’
Fred Kaplan joined me this week at the Hoover Book Soiree for a terrific discussion of his new book, Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War: -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Like most publications, Lawfare this week was dominated by the horrific shooting in Orlando. -
Rebecca Ingber on International Law and Executive Power
Boston University School of Law associate professor (and Lawfare contributor) Rebecca Ingber has a provocative new article posted to SSRN, -
Reflections on Secrecy and the Press from a Life in Journalism
PDF version Though I have been a journalist for most of my career, my experience with overclassification and the vagaries of declassification began in 1969 during an eighteenmonth stint running a subcom... -
Reminder: Join us for the Hoover Book Soiree, Fred Kaplan on "Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War"
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place on June 15, when Ben interviews Fred Kaplan about his new book, Dark Territory: The Secret History of ... -
Out of the Blue and into the Black?
PDF version A review of Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War by Fred Kaplan (Simon & Schuster 2016) -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, June 13th at 12 pm: The Stimson Center will hold an event examining China's Policy Towards the Korean Peninsula. For a full agenda of th... -
Five Tips for Policy Relevance
In the latest issue of Security Studies, my Georgetown colleague Matt Kroenig and I wrote a long essay on how academics might write more effectively for policy audiences (and yes, Lawfare gets a nice men... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
After VICE News published a mammoth 11,000 word piece on Saturday afternoon claiming Edward Snowden repeatedly sought to file his surveillance concerns with the NSA before he became a household name for ... -
Invitation to the Hoover Book Soiree: Fred Kaplan on "Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War"
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place on June 15, when Ben interviews Fred Kaplan about his new book, Dark Territory: The Secret History of ... -
National Security in a Data Age
Editor's Note: Data should drive decision-making – the real question is how much should it do so? As big data and data analytics expand, it is tempting to assume they can solve many of the problems forei... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare In One Post
The 9/11 Military Commissions continued down at Guantanamo Bay this week. Susan Hennessey shared Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins’ statements in advance of the hearing. Clara Spera provided coverage of the ... -
A Exciting Opportunity for a Young Lawyer to Work with Hoover and Lawfare
Please circulate this exciting job announcement to anyone you think might be interested in it. If you just graduated from law school, have a demonstrated track record of interest in Lawfare type issues, ... -
Popularizing the History of International Criminal Law
PDF VERSION A review of Phillippe Sands' East West Street: On the Origins of "Genocide" and "Crimes Against Humanity" (Knopf, 2016). -
Sahand Moarefy: Partially Unwinding Sanctions: The Problematic Construct of Sanctions Relief in the JCPOA (Lawfare Research Paper Series)
Lawfare is pleased to announced the publication of a new working paper in the Lawfare Research Paper Series: Partially Unwinding Sanctions: The Problematic Construct of Sanctions Relief in the JCPOA by S... -
150 Years of Hate: The Resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan
Editor's Note: Although the presidential candidates, our media, and most importantly, Lawfare, tend to focus on the danger from Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, right-wing groups have been a more lethal t...
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