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The Lawfare Podcast: Democracy's Morticians: Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt on 'How Democracies Die'
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, authors of the new book “How Democracies Die,” join Benjamin Wittes for a conversation about the conditions under which democracies survive and how American democracy ... -
Neoliberalism and Human Rights
PDF Version A review of Samuel Moyn’s “Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World” (Harvard, 2018). *** -
Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Where Do Hacking Torts Happen?
The Democratic National Committee’s lawsuit against the Russian Federation will run aground, as Ingrid Wuerth notes, unless the DNC can find a way around Russia’s immunity in American courts. -
A Helsinki Conference For Asia
The Hoover Institution has just published a monograph of mine entitled, “A Helsinki Conference for Asia.” It can be accessed here or read below. This monograph proposes a comprehensive set of agreements ... -
The Week That Will Be
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Preventing, Not Just Countering, Violent Extremism
Editor’s Note: Programs to counter (or, if you prefer, prevent) violent extremism are much talked about but rarely implemented. The Obama administration did some initial exploratory efforts, but even the... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Barely a peep about the Mueller investigation on Lawfare this week, though there was a district court denial of Paul Manafort’s motion to dismiss the special counsel’s criminal charges against him on gro... -
Come Work for Lawfare
It’s my pleasure to announce that Lawfare is hiring an associate editor! Nobody’s leaving, but the site has seen monumental growth in the volume of readership and submissions recently, and our team wants... -
War Machines: Artificial Intelligence in Conflict
PDF Version A review of Paul Scharre’s “Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War” (W.W. Norton, 2018). *** -
Hoover Book Soiree on May 14: Amanda Tyler’s ‘Habeas Corpus in Wartime’
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on May 14, when Lawfare’s Benjamin Wittes will interview Amanda Tyler about her new book, “Habeas C... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The man suspected of plowing a rental van into pedestrians in northern Toronto on Monday has been charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder and 13 counts of attempted murder, though his motive is sti... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: News Roundup
In a news-only episode, we get a cook’s tour of the RSA conference from attendees Paul Rosenzweig, Jim Lewis, and Stewart Baker. Top trends we saw at RSA: more nations attacking cybersecurity firms over ... -
The Week That Will Be
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Fixing Ethiopia Requires More Than a New Prime Minister
Editor’s Note: For years, Ethiopia has appeared to be a relative success story, emerging from years of conflict and becoming a somewhat democratic, pro-Western ally in East Africa. Yet this success is in... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Friday, April 13, President Trump announced that the U.S., France, and the U.K. launched a series of airstrikes in Syria in response to the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons in the formerly rebel... -
The Psychiatrist’s Goldwater Rule in the Trump Era
PDF Version A review of Bandy X. Lee’s “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President,” (Thomas Dunne, 2017). *** -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The federal judge for the southern district of New York denied President Trump’s request to review the materials seized by the FBI from the home, office, and hotel room of Michael Cohen, the president’s ... -
The Week That Will Be
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The Fruits of Iran’s Victory in Syria
Editor’s Note: Syria's civil war has many losers, but Iran is not one of them. Tehran backed its ally in Damascus to the hilt from the start of the civil war, and its ally survived in large part because ... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Following the FBI’s raids on the home, office, and hotel room of the president’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, President Trump is reportedly contemplating firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein....
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