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The Week That Will Be
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The State of Sovereignty
In these polarized times, it came as a surprise to me that the authors of three of the most interesting books on international relations of the past year agree on at least one thing. Each argues that the... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Russell Miller and Ralf Poscher on ‘Privacy and Power’
Four years on, the cultural differences between Europe and the United States exposed by Edward Snowden’s disclosures of NSA surveillance programs still loom large in transatlantic relations. At our most ... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
If you have not yet filled out our 2017 Readership Survey, please take a moment to do so. We have big plans, and we want to make sure they’re the right ones. -
The Press Gets Trump's Sanctuary Cities Order Wrong Again (and Again)
The press has gotten increasingly deliberate about calling out the Trump administration’s falsehoods, deploying “muscular” headlines ("Meeting With Top Lawmakers, Trump Repeats an Election Lie") and pith... -
Hoover Book Soiree, Mark Moyar's Oppose Any Foe: The Rise of America’s Special Operations Forces
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place on Wednesday, May 3, when Jack interviews Mark Moyar about his new book, Oppose Any Foe: The Rise of America’s Special Ope... -
The Week That Will Be
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Livestream: Reflecting on Trump's First 100 Days
Today, the Brookings Institution is hosting a forum on President Trump's first 100 days in office. The first panel discussion, on national security issues, will feature Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes and Susa... -
Understanding Russia’s New Role in the Middle East
Editor’s Note: Russia's return to prominence on the world stage is forcing security officials in the United States and Europe to rethink their postures. One of Russia's biggest moves is its renewed empha... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
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The Lawfare Readership Survey 2017
It's been a while since we did a readership survey. It's not that we haven't cared what you think. We've just been busy. But it's time to do it again. We've got big plans—plans for partnerships, plans f... -
Penn Law Conference on Foreign Interference with Democratic Institutions
On April 18th, the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL), University of Pennsylvania Law School, hosted a conference on Foreign Interference with Democratic Institutions. CERL was founded and is d... -
The Newest Idealism: Human Rights in US Foreign Policy
PDF version A review of Joe Renouard, Human Rights in American Foreign Policy: From the 1960s to the Soviet Collapse (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016). *** -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, April 17th at 3pm: Gene Kimmelman, Laura Moy, and Tom Struble will sit down with FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny for a conversation o... -
Reminder: Hoover Book Soiree: Privacy & Power: A Transatlantic Dialogue in the Shadow of the NSA-Affair
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5-7 pm tomorrow, Tuesday, April 18, when Benjamin Wittes will join Russell Miller (professor of law at Washington & L... -
Donald Trump’s Surprising Defense of International Norms
Editor’s Note: The United States in general, and the Trump administration in particular, is often accused of not matching its deeds to its rhetoric. When the Trump administration decided to use force aga... -
How To Declare War (Anno Domini 1429; 2017 Repost)
Jhesus-Maria, King of England, and you, Duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the Kingdom of France, you, Guillaume de la Poule, count of Suffort, Jean, sire of Talbot, and you, Thomas, sire of... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
As the world continued to grapple with the fallout of President Trump’s airstrikes in Syria and turned its attention to North Korea, John Bellinger flagged the President’s War Powers report to Congress o... -
Remaining Faithful to “the Basic Principles of Human Rights Found in the Original ECHR”?
PDF version A review of Marco Duranti, The Conservative Human Rights Revolution: European Identity, Transnational Politics, and the Origins of the European Convention (Oxford University Press, 2016). -
A Readings Post on Syria Extracted From The Onion
The Onion, News in Brief, Vol. 15, Issue 14, April 13, 2017: "There Are No Good Options In Syria," Sighs Man Who Has Devoted 12 Minutes Of Research To Topic The full story in The Onion, here. (Posted ...
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