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John Witt’s “Lincoln’s Code”
As many Lawfare readers know, John Witt has recently published a book called Lincoln’s Code. The book is about, among many other things, the history of the laws of war in the United States, especially i... -
Readings: Laurie Blank and Geoffrey Corn on Standards for Finding an Armed Conflict, Applied to Syria
The question of when an armed conflict is underway for purposes of triggering the Geneva Conventions and other relevant law of war is not in principle difficult in the case inter-state international arme... -
"Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power," by David E. Sanger
Reviewed by Amy Sennett Confront and Conceal: Obama’s Secret Wars and Surprising Use of American Power, by David E. Sanger (Crown 2012) -
Great Opportunity at Georgetown
The Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law just posted the following job opportunity: National Security Law Fellowship -
Internship for Law Students with the Brennan Center
Here's an opportunity for law students to intern at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School's Liberty and National Security Program. The Brennan Center emails: We are looking for outstanding... -
"Reimagining Child Soldiers in International Law and Policy," by Mark A. Drumbl
Published by Oxford University Press (2012) Reviewed by Rick Wilson -
Readings: Harold Koh Lays Out US Government Position on Cyberspace and International Law
Harold Koh, Legal Adviser to the State Department, delivered an important speech yesterday, September 18, at the U.S. Cyber Command Inter-Agency Legal Conference on the applicability of international law... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Rajiv Chandrasekaran of The Washington Post reports that the Taliban is increasingly focusing on “conducting audacious attacks against prominent targets across the country, including the U.S. -
A Very Cautious Experiment With Comments
My post about the possible use of Facebook's Comment utility on Lawfare has generated no particular groundswell of either enthusiasm or opposition. But the Lawfare Ruling Triumverate has decide that it s... -
Upcoming Events of Note
Here are a few upcoming events---which I have added to the Lawfare Events Calendar---but to which I wanted to draw the attention of readers who might be in New York or California. Conference on Emerging... -
Readings: The Annotated Brothers Grimm?
One of the fun things about having a book review is that occasionally, publishers send me books that---for whatever unfathomable reason---they think Lawfare might want to write about. We’ve had some stif... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A suicide bombing in Kabul outside of NATO HQ killed eight civilians. Afghan police say that the bomber was only 14 years old. -
Should A Facebook Plugin Make Us Rethink Comments?
As most readers of Lawfare are aware, we have a strict no comments policy on this blog. I have publicly defended this policy against criticism, promised it would never change, and have even made a video ... -
Shane Harris on How Mark Owen Can Stay Out of Prison
Shane Harris at Washingtonian has this snarky little piece about what Mark Owen aka the "squealing SEAL" can do to stay out of prison---since the Pentagon has decided that the book does, in fact, reveal ... -
Amy Zegart’s New Column
Amy Zegart of the Hoover Institution, author of several terrific books on intelligence, now has a regular column on intelligence matters at Foreign Policy that should be of great interest to Lawfare read... -
Shane Harris on "No Easy Day"
Shane Harris at Washingtonian has this review of ex-Navy SEAL Matt Bissonette's book on the Osama bin Laden raid. It begins: “Let me be clear, I do not consider this to be my story,” writes retired N... -
Happy Birthday, Lawfare!
Yes, Lawfare is two years old today. -
Enhancing Our Social Networking Features
Last night and this morning, I did a little tinkering with Lawfare's social networking features--which actually drive a good deal of traffic to the site. According to Google Analytics, Facebook is far an... -
Beyond the Battlefield, Beyond al Qaeda: The Destabilizing Legal Architecture of Counterterrorism
I'm happy to report that I've recently completed drafting an article that has been much on my mind for the past few years. Beyond the Battlefield, Beyond al Qaeda: The Destabilizing Legal Architecture o... -
Readings: The Canonical National Security Law Speeches of Obama Administration Senior Officials and General Counsels
What follows is the list of speeches by senior officials of the Obama administration, from the President on down and particularly senior lawyers of the national security agencies, addressing national sec...
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