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Remembering the Whiskey Rebellion
On September 25, 1794, President George Washington proclaimed that that he was sending state militia forces to subdue what was dubbed the “Whiskey Rebellion.” The following week, Washington became the fi... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Moscow announced plans to supply Syria with an air-defense system, a move that follows the downing of a Russian plane last week, which the Kremlin blamed on Israel and escalated tensions in the region, r... -
The Week That Will Be
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Yemen’s Three Wars
Editor’s Note: The war in Yemen has gone from bad to worse, leaving tens of thousands dead and hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk from disease and malnutrition. The war's complexity rivals its br... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Friday, a New York Times report alleged that deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein suggested wearing a wire to secretly record the president and discussed invoking the 25th Amendment. Jack Goldsmith ... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Bruce Schneier on 'Click Here to Kill Everybody'
Security technologist Bruce Schneier's latest book, "Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World," argues that it won't be long before everything modern society relies ... -
Want to Run Lawfare? We Need a Director of Operations
Lawfare is growing, not just as a website but also as an organization. And we are hiring a new Director of Operations to help us grow. If you’re someone who loves Lawfare and wants to be involved—central... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, Sept. 17 at 1:30 p.m.: The Center for Strategic and International Studies will host an event called “A Discussion on National Security w... -
The Enemy Gets a Vote
Editor’s Note: Perhaps the biggest counterterrorism challenge facing the Trump administration is whether or not to keep a robust military presence in Syria now that the Islamic State has been forced unde... -
The Week That Was: All Of Lawfare in One Post
On the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Robert Chesney argued that Washington’s focus has shifted away from the threat of terrorism and the viability of our counterterrorism policy that dominated ou... -
A Whimper, Not a Bang
PDF Version. A review of Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, How Democracies Die (Crown, 2018). *** I -
More Views on Presidential Lawyering in Time of Crisis
A few weeks ago Bob Bauer and I flagged an exchange we had on the topic of presidential lawyering in time of crisis. Here is his main article and here is my response. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Joint war games in Siberia between China and Russia reflect increased military and economic partnership amongst the two historic rivals as they confront increased U.S. pressure in the region, according t... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday Sept. 10 at 3:00 p.m.: The Center for Strategic and International Studies will host an event called “Countering Disinformation: Interdisc... -
That Post-Liberal International Order World: Some Core Characteristics
Editor’s Note: What the liberal international order is and how much it benefits the world is much-debated today, including here at Lawfare. Trump's policies and those of other world leaders are a direct ... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Friday, Sept. 7, Judge Randolph Moss of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia sentenced former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos to 14 days in jail for lying to the FBI about h... -
Platform Justice: Content Moderation at an Inflection Point
On Thursday, Sept. 6, Twitter permanently banned the right-wing provocateur Alex Jones and his conspiracy theorist website Infowars from its platform. This was something of the final blow to Jones’s onli... -
We're Hiring: Announcing a New Brookings-Lawfare Congressional Fellowship
We are very excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for a new position at Lawfare and Brookings. This two-year fellowship is dedicated to covering congressional activity on national se... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Wednesday, Sept. 5 at 10:00 a.m.: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a hearing on “Assessing the Value of the NATO Alliance.” The ... -
Combating Terrorism Online: Possible Actors and Their Roles
Editor’s Note: Fighting terrorism online is one of those ideas that everyone agrees with in principle but disagrees on in practice. What should be regulated and who should do so are among the many areas ...
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