-
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) -
Al-Qaeda’s Continuing Challenge to the United States
Editor’s Note: To the surprise of many observers, the al-Qaeda core under Ayman al-Zawahiri has not launched a major terrorist attack in the West for years, and the rise of the Islamic State seemed to si... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Turnover and Turmoil Inside the State Department
This summer has been a tumultuous one inside the U.S. State Department. In August, the department’s Office of the Inspector General handed down a scathing report alleging political manipulation and abusi... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
With the completion of the Volume I of The Report, Lawfare’s podcast series telling the story contained in Robert Mueller’s 448-page report, the Lawfare team is taking a brief hiatus to prepare Volume II... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) -
Counterproductive Counterinsurgency: Is Mozambique Creating the Next Boko Haram?
Editor’s Note: Mozambique has a small terrorism problem, but the government’s response threatens to make it a big one. Hilary Matfess of Yale University and Alexander Noyes of RAND Corp. contend that Moz... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes shared the seventh episode of The Report, Lawfare’s podcast series telling the story contained in Robert Mueller’s 448-page report. The series is available on all majo... -
Flynn's Cooperation is Finished, Government and Defense Say
In a joint status report, both prosecutors and Michael Flynn's defense team agree that Flynn has completed his cooperation with the government, both with the special counsel's office and in the Bijan Raf... -
That Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) -
How Would Brexit Affect Counterterrorism?
Editor’s Note: As Brexit looms, predictions of chaos dominate the headlines. Brexit’s critics have expressed fears of financial disaster, the collapse of key services and risks to the security of the Uni... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes shared the sixth episode of The Report, Lawfare’s podcast series telling the story contained in Robert Mueller’s 448-page report. The series is available on all major ... -
Administrative National Security
In the past two decades, the United States has applied a growing number of foreign and security measures directly targeting individuals—natural or legal persons. Administrative agencies have taken the le... -
Daniel Webster, War Powers and Bird$h*t
In the course of researching a book, I’ve come across many episodes that Benjamin Wittes and I like to call “Weird War Powers $h*t.” One of my favorites is a story about American constitutional war power... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) -
Lessons From the UAE War in Yemen
Editor’s Note: Yemen's civil war has dragged on for years, and the destruction and suffering there intensified after the Saudi and UAE intervention in 2015. Although Riyadh's role gets far more attention... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes shared the fifth episode of The Report, Lawfare’s podcast series telling the story contained in Robert Mueller’s 448-page report. The series is available on all major ... -
The Irony of 'White House Warriors'
PDF Version. A review of John Gans, "White House Warriors: How the National Security Council Transformed the American Way of War" (Liveright, 2019). *** -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) -
A New Source of U.S. Influence in Iraq
Editor’s Note: U.S. influence in Iraq, uneven in the best of times, often suffers from a lack of leverage. As a result, the United States has found it harder to counter Iran’s influence, fight terrorism,... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes shared the fourth episode of The Report, Lawfare’s podcast series telling the story contained in Robert Mueller’s 448-page report. The series is available on all major...
The upcoming main navigation can be gotten through utilizing the tab key. Any buttons that open a sub navigation can be triggered by the space or enter key.
