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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... -
What If Keeping Out “Bad and Dangerous” Muslims <em>is</em> the President’s National Security Purpose? And Other Vexing Questions
Last week saw a flurry of federal court decisions on President Trump’s second travel ban order, along with an outpouring of critical commentary on what the courts got right and wrong. Here are three ques... -
Livestream: Intelligence in Defense of the Homeland
The Intelligence Studies Project and Business Executives for National Security are today hosting a symposium at UT Austin on "Intelligence in Defense of the Homeland," concerning the challenges that inte... -
Reminder—Hoover Book Soiree: Graeme Wood's The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5-7 pm on Tuesday, March 28, when Ben will interview Graeme Wood on his new book, The Way of the Strangers: Encounter... -
Rational Security: The "What's the Russian Word for 'Edition'?" Edition
FBI Director James Comey makes it official: There is an investigation into Trump links to Russia. The top Democrat in the House investigating the Russian hacks makes a plea for civic virtue. And is Donal... -
The Lawfare Podcast, Special Emergency Edition: Comey and Rogers Versus the Comittee, the Good Parts Version
Yesterday, FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Admiral Mike Rogers testified before the House Intelligence Committee on Russian interference in the U.S. election for an exhausting five and a half h... -
Report: Allies Against Atrocities: The Imperative for Transatlantic Cooperation to Prevent and Stop Mass Killings
This month marks the release of “Allies Against Atrocities: The Imperative For Transatlantic Cooperation To Prevent And Stop Mass Killings,” a report that I co-wrote with Lee Feinstein, dean of Indiana U...
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