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The Week That Will Be
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Drone Blowback: Much Ado about Nothing?
Editor’s Note: One of the most common, and seemingly convincing, critiques of the drone program is that it produces "blowback"—each miss that kills civilians, or even each hit that kills a militant, ange... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Quinta Jurecic kicked off the week by posting two letters sent by the Trump legal team to Special Counsel Robert Mueller in June 2017 and January 2018. Jurecic and Benjamin Wittes offered their thoughts ... -
Rational Security: The '500 Days' Edition
Paul Manafort gets in touch with some old friends. Was it witness tampering? Donald Trump discovers an Article II interpretation that would make Hamilton blush. And we’re on the edge of our seats for a S... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Facebook confirmed it gave users’ data to four Chinese firms, including one company that the U.S. intelligence community flagged as a national security threat, according to the BBC. This confirmation com... -
Strengths Become Vulnerabilities: How a Digital World Disadvantages the United States in Its International Relations
We have a new essay in the Hoover Aegis series called “ -
Vietnam Revisionism and the Ugly American
PDF Version Review of Max Boot, “The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam” (Liveright, 2018). *** -
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Rethinking the “Lessons” of the First World War
History can be a good friend of confirmation bias. We often look to the past for lessons that support beliefs that we already have instead of the ones best supported by a deep analysis of the evidence. -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Matthew Kahn posted the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel’s May 31 memorandum opinion on the U.S.’s April 2018 airstrikes on Syrian chemical-weapons facilites. Jack Goldsmith contended that the ... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Tuesday, May 29 at 12:15 p.m.: New America will host a discussion on “Counterterrorism Strikes Under Trump: What Has Changed?” Joshua Geltzer, L... -
How Conflicts (Don’t) End
Editor’s Note: May 22, 2018, marked the twentieth anniversary of referenda in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland that laid the groundwork for one of the most celebrated peace accords in the mod... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Monday, the White House hosted a meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats concerning the FBI’s use of a confi... -
Can China Stop Wars Once They Start?
Editor’s Note: Tension between the United States and China is rising, and several problems in the region could even lead to war—a frightening risk that deserves serious attention. Oriana Mastro, my colle... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee released more than 2,500 pages of transcripts and communications connected to the Committee’s investigation of Donald Trump, Jr.’s June 9, 2016 meeting at the... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Amanda Tyler on ‘Habeas Corpus in Wartime’
In her new book, "Habeas Corpus in Wartime: From the Tower of London to Guantanamo Bay," Amanda Tyler presents a comprehensive account of the legal and political history of habeas corpus in wartime in th... -
States and Their Proxies in Cyber Operations
PDF Version A review of Tim Maurer’s “Cyber Mercenaries: The State, Hackers, and Power” (Cambridge, 2018). *** -
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Why Countries Should Welcome, Not Fear, Foreign Funding of NGOs
Editor’s Note: When foreigners give money to political organizations, both the donor and the recipient often become suspect. Governments around the world that fear criticism, oppose human rights, or othe... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Friday, Benjamin Wittes interviewed former FBI director and deputy attorney general James Comey before a live audience at the Brookings Institution for the Lawfare Podcast:
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