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"War-Algorithm Accountability": A Briefing Report from the Harvard Law School Program on Law and Armed Conflict
Congratulations to Dustin Lewis, Gabriella Blum, and Naz Modirzadeh on the publication, just a few weeks ago, of their exciting new book, War-Algorithm Accountability. -
To Promote Stability and Democracy in Africa, Focus on Its Militaries
Editor's Note: The United States is more engaged in Africa than ever before. This increasing role is occurring as Africa struggles with political liberalization: although we’ve seen impressive successes,... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Benjamin Wittes explained why he is withholding commentary on reports that Yahoo is scanning emails for U.S. intelligence agencies, arguing that analysts should wait until the underlying documents are pu... -
The National Security Gap and the Myth of an ISIS-Busting Trump
A week ago, Ben posed the following question about what might be termed the national security gap: How have we come to a place where at least partly in the name of national security, a huge swath of th... -
American Military Culture and Civil-Military Relations Today
PDF version A review of Rosa Brooks' How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales From the Pentagon (Simon and Schuster 2016). *** -
Hoover Book Soiree: David Priess on "The President's Book of Secrets"
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place on October 13, when Jack interviews David Priess about his new book: The President's Book of Secrets: ... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, October 3rd at 4pm: The Institute of World Politics will host a lecture by Mark F. Cancian on Aligning Strategy, Programs, and Resources... -
Ideology à la Carte: Why Lone Actor Terrorists Choose and Fuse Ideologies
Editor's Note: The succession of so-called "Lone Wolf" attacks that have hit America in the last year have generated a wave of panic about the Islamic State's global reach. Yet many of the individuals se... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Rosa Brooks on ‘How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything’
At this week's Hoover Book Soiree, Rosa Brooks joined Benjamin Wittes to talk about her new book, How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales from the Pentagon. The book covers an... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Benjamin Wittes shared seven questions on national security and executive powers that he would have liked to ask Donald Trump in this week’s presidential debate. He also reflected on the debate by asking... -
Decryption Mandates and Global Internet Freedom: Toward a Pragmatic Approach
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Hoover Book Soiree, Reminder: Rosa Brooks on "How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything"
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place on Wednesday, when Ben interviews Rosa Brooks about her new book: How Everything Became War and the Mi... -
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Saudi Arabia: Why We Need This Flawed Ally
Editor's Note: The West's relationship with its Saudi ally is one of the world's most troubling alliances. Saudi Arabia's conservative culture rejects many Western ideals, and many observers see the King... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes argued that President Obama should not pardon Edward Snowden but should consider commuting Chelsea Manning’s sentence. Wittes also responded to critics of the Washing... -
Rebecca Ingber on Co-Belligerency in International Law and Under the AUMF
Rebecca Ingber (international law professor at Boston University and Lawfare contributor) has posted a new draft paper to SSRN (forthcoming in 42 Yale Journal of International Law No. 1, 2017), titled “C... -
Attribution of Malicious Cyber Incidents: From Soup to Nuts
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The Evolving Law of Global Killing
PDF version A review of Theoretical Boundaries of Armed Conflict and Human Rights, edited by Jens David Ohlin (Cambridge University Press, 2016). *** -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, September 19th at 4pm: Arthur T. Downey will lecture on his recent book, The Cold War: Law, Lawyers, Spies and Crises in an event at the...
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