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Round-Trip Tickets: How Will Authorities Know When Foreign Fighters Have Returned?
Editor’s Note: As the Islamic State's territorial control shrinks and its prestige declines, many volunteers will try to find their way home—perhaps to conduct terrorist attacks there on the group's beha... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Following the march of Juggalos on the National Mall last weekend, Nora Ellingsen explained who the Juggalos, why they marched, and the history of the litigation that gave rise to the gathering. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Addressing the U.N. General Assembly, President Trump threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea and labeled Iran a “rogue nation,” the New York Times reported. In remarks at the summit of world leaders... -
Apply for the 2018 Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition
The application period for the 2018 Clara Barton International Humanitarian Law Competition is open through November 13, 2017. The Clara Barton Competition is an annual legal simulation that replicates t... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, September 18 at 3:30 pm: The Brookings Institution will host Pierre Moscovici, the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affa... -
Intelligence, Politicization, and the Russia Probe
Editor’s Note: The incoming administration's scorn for intelligence professionals is a matter of grave concern to many of us at Lawfare. I, for one, worry that the administration will conduct its foreign... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Jack Goldsmith analyzed the precedents for a legal justification for a strike on North Korea in opinions from the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel. Bob Bauer argued that the impeachment proc... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: The Evil Dolphin Episode
The Cyberlaw Podcast kicks off a series exploring Section 702 – the half-US/half-foreign collection program that has proven effective against terrorists while also proving controversial with civil libert... -
Lawfare Live Event: Prosecuting and Defending the Trump Presidency
We're excited to announce the first Lawfare and Foreign Policy live event. On September 26, join Lawfare, Foreign Policy, and two former White House counsels for drinks and conversation about Prosecuting... -
The Week that Will Be
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Hoover Book Soiree Today: Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro's The Internationalists
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place today from 5-7 pm, September 11. Jack Goldsmith will interview Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro, professors at Yale Law Sch... -
When It Comes to CVE, the United States Stands to Learn a Lot from Others. Will It?
Editor’s Note: Programs to counter violent extremism (known as “CVE”) attempt to offer non-military and non-law enforcement means to fight terrorism, working with communities to identify potential radica... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Benjamin Wittes outlined the journalistic sourcing conventions at work in stories about the Russia investigation and the White House. John McKay discussed Robert Mueller’s reported investigation of the... -
Harvard Law's Upcoming Conference on Populist Foreign Leaders
On Saturday, September 23, Harvard Law School, with the Stigler Center at the University of Chicago, will host a one-day conference on "populist plutocrats": leaders who capitalize on anti-elite sentimen... -
Nobody But Us: The Rise and Fall of the Golden Age of Signals Intelligence
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The Fabric of Life in Contemporary Kashmir
PDF version A review of Arundhati Roy's novel, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness (Knopf, 2017). *** -
The National Security Law Podcast: January 2019 as the Start of the 9/11 Trial: Over/Under?
In today’s episode, Professors Chesney and Vladeck spend time with three legal topics (before spiraling off into some ill-informed commentary on the college football season). First, building off a report... -
Announcing the Mike Lewis Prize for National Security Law Scholarship
I am very pleased to share this news: An annual prize for outstanding national security law scholarship has been established in the name of our colleague Mike Lewis, who passed away in 2015. -
The Week That Will Be
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The New Rules of Monarchy in the Gulf
Editor’s Note: Political and policy change in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states used to proceed at a glacial pace. No more. Gulf states are quarreling with each other and intervening right and left in t...
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