Nearly seven years into his presidency, we probably shouldn’t be asking who Barack Obama is any more. We should already know him well. Yet at least as pertains to the drone program, we have yet to figur...

I recently had the pleasure and privilege of convening a workshop on the legal aspects of hybrid warfare and influence operations at the Strategy and Security Institute of the University of Exeter in the...

If you own an iPhone and are one of the users of the drone-tracking app “Metadata+," you were greeted on Sunday morning with an alert that Apple had removed your app from its online store.

In June, US Cyber Command issued Beyond the Build. It presents Admiral Michael Rogers’ vision and guidance for the command and its subordinate units. With little fanfare, the document was publically rele...

Editor’s Note: The U.S. drone program – as Lawfare readers well know – raises contentious policy issues as well as criticisms of its legality and morality. Many of these policy issues come to the fore in...

Apparently, according to the White House, the Chinese have agreed to stop cyber espionage: The United States and China agree that neither country’s government will conduct or knowingly support cyber-en...

In his speech yesterday in Seattle, China President Xi Jinping said:

No one could miss the Washington Post story on the options the Obama administration is considering regarding cryptography. They are, in varying degrees, in favor of keeping the status quo ante.

Some entries on the cyber warfare front: US and China Seek Cyber Arms Deal. "The United States and China are negotiating what could become the first arms control accord for cyberspace, embracing a commi...

As Ben noted last Friday, it seems clear to me that Apple (and the rest of industry) has won the encryption debate.