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India’s Counterinsurgency Campaigns Are Missing the Warning Signs
Editor’s Note: Insurgencies have plagued India throughout its modern history, and several remain active today. Until recently, it seemed that the Indian government was making progress, however fitfully, ... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
To better understand Russian interference in the 2016 election, Benjamin Wittes recommended watching the movie "Icarus," a documentary that focuses on Russia’s Olympic doping program and that details Rus... -
The Week That Will Be
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Activating Global Law
PDF version A review of Butterfly Politics by Catharine A. MacKinnon (Harvard University Press, 2017). *** -
Countering Russian Influence in the Balkans
Editor’s Note: Russia appears to be trying to undermine U.S. influence throughout Europe—and, unfortunately, Moscow appears to be succeeding. Although most eyes are on Ukraine and the Baltic states, the ... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Jack Goldsmith reflected on the increasingly fractured nature of the executive branch: key administration officials frequently oppose or contradict President Donald Trump despite his considerable power t... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In a January 27 phone call, President Donald Trump asked Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to stop publicly saying Mexico would not pay for the southern border wall, according to a transcript that Th... -
Temporary Editorial Position at Lawfare
Our redoubtable associate editor, Quinta Jurecic, is taking a leave of absence starting in two weeks—a leave that will run through the end of the calendar year. This leaves us a big hole to fill, and we ... -
Wilson and the League of Nations
PDF version A review of Power without Victory: Woodrow Wilson and the American Internationalist Experiment by Trygve Throntveit (University of Chicago Press, 2017). *** -
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Appropriate Norms Of State Behavior In Cyberspace: Governance In China And Opportunities For US Businesses
PDF version Last week the Hoover Institution published my paper —entitled "Appropriate Norms Of State Behavior In Cyberspace: Governance In China And Opportunities For US Businesses"—as part of its Aegi... -
Preventing a Nuclear 9/11: State-Based Strategies to Deter Non-State Threats
Editor’s Note: Non-proliferation has been an imperfect but real policy success in the modern era. However, the emergence of the North Korean program and continued problems with other nuclear weapons stat... -
Chinese Cyber Diplomacy in a New Era of Uncertainty
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The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Bob Bauer examined President Trump’s public beratement of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his apparent misunderstanding of his relationship with the Justice Department. Jack Goldsmith discussed how th... -
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Drones Are the New Face of U.S. Foreign Policy. What Good Are They?
Editor’s Note: Drone strikes are among the most important, and among the most contentious, U.S. counterterrorism instruments. Data limits and the complexity of both cause and effect when it comes to terr... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Graham Allison on ‘Destined for War’
This week on the Lawfare Podcast, Jack Goldsmith interviews Graham Allison at the Hoover Book Soiree about Allison's new book, “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?” The conv... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump gave a stunning interview to The New York Times in which he criticized the leadership of the FBI, the Justice Department, and the special counsel’s office. -
Encryption Substitutes
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To Impeach a President: Applying the Authoritative Guide from Charles Black
The most important book ever written on presidential impeachment is only 69 pages long. Charles Black, Jr.,’s Impeachment: A Handbook was published in the summer of 1974, at the height of the Watergate c...
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