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The Bathtub Fallacy and Risks of Terrorism
Bloomberg economics commentator Justin Fox is tired of being told that his chances of getting killed in a terrorist attack are (much) lower than his chances of slipping, falling, and dying in a bathtu... -
The 19th Annual Grotius Lecture at the ASIL Annual Meeting: Civil War Time from Grotius to the Global War on Terror
Next week is the annual meeting of the American Society of International Law in Washington DC. For nearly 20 years, the meeting has begun with the distinguished Grotius Lecture, which takes place on the... -
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 on Tuesday, April 18, when Ben will join Russell Miller (professor of law at Washington & Lee University Schoo... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, April 10th at 11am: Johns Hopkins SAIS will host a panel for a discussion on Debating The Merits Of The Trump Administration's New Trave... -
What Are the Implications of Emerging Technologies in AI-Driven Robotics and Automation for Globalization?
Last month I attended an outstanding workshop at the University of Pennsylvania’s newly-established Perry World House on a topic that (as far as I can tell) has not received the attention it should: the ... -
Why Trump Won’t Be Able to Lead U.S. Foreign Policy—Even If He Tries
Editor’s Note: Trump's election and subsequent "malevolence tempered by incompetence" have frightened foreign-policy professionals and many concerned Americans. With all the focus on Trump, however, many... -
What Is the Extent of Self-Defense by a State?
Emory University School of Law's Laurie R. Blank (who heads Emory's International Humanitarian Law Clinic) is a leading and prolific scholar and practitioner in the field of the law of armed conflict (an... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Before President Donald Trump decided to launch airstrikes against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after Assad, Ammar Abdulhamid examined the president’s Syria conundrum. After the strike,... -
A Culture on Trial
PDF version A review of Kim Christian Priemel, The Betrayal: The Nuremberg Trials and German Divergence (Oxford University Press 2016). *** -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, April 3rd at 12pm: The Cybersecurity Law Initiative at George Washington University School of Law will host Mona Sedky for a discussion... -
What I Learned from Reading the Islamic State’s Propaganda Instruction Manual
Editor’s Note: The Islamic State has long issued a steady torrent of sophisticated propaganda to demonize its enemies, inspire its followers, and advance its cause in general. How does the Islamic State ... -
April Fool’s Day Joke Canceled
Lawfare will be breaking with tradition by not posting an April Fool’s Day joke this year. We just couldn’t come up with anything so silly and clearly factually inaccurate that there was no chance anyone... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
The saga of the Russian connection continued this week. Quinta Jurecic posted video of the joint statement by the SSCI’s Chairman Sen. Richard Burr and ranking member Sen. Mark Warner, in which they pled... -
Alan Z. Rozenshtein on Digital Communications and Data Storage Companies as "Surveillance Intermediaries"
Alan Z. Rozenshtein, a former contributor to this site who now works at the Department of Justice, is well known to long-time Lawfare readers for his writing on many national security law topics, particu... -
Tonight—Hoover Book Soiree: Graeme Wood's The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State
Join us tonight for the next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution, from 5-7 pm, with Graeme Wood on his new book, The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State. -
What is a Civil War?
PDF version A review of David Armitage, Civil Wars: A History in Ideas (Alfred A. Knopf 2017). *** -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, March 27th at 1pm: Mike Sfraga and John Higginbotham will discuss The North American Arctic: Building A Vision For Regional Collaboratio... -
Tomorrow—Hoover Book Soiree: Graeme Wood's The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State
A reminder that the next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5-7 pm tomorrow, March 28, when Ben and Samuel Tadros, Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute's Center for... -
China Won’t Fix North Korea—Focus on These Four Areas Instead
Editor’s Note: North Korea is a problem that has vexed multiple administrations since the end of the Cold War. As the Pyongyang puzzle has grown more difficult to solve, policymakers increasingly look to... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
FBI Director James Comey kicked off this week by dropping the bombshell during the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence’s open hearing on Russian active measures during the campaign that ther...
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