With the news, today, that President-Elect Trump has settled on retired Marine General John F. Kelly as his nominee to be the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, it seems useful to ask...

Fresh from a week full of controversial diplomatic moves regarding China, President-elect Donald Trump announced another two appointments for key national security positions: Retired Brigadier General Jo...

In a diplomatic bombshell that could rock Sino-American relations, President-elect Donald Trump spoke with President Tsai Ying-wen of Taiwan on Friday.

A bunch of people have told me over the last week that they have been at least somewhat reassured by Jack Goldsmith’s piece last week on “libertarian panic” and the Trump presidency—as, indeed, was I.

It didn’t take long after Trump’s unexpected election as the 45th president of the United States for the encryption debate to reemerge.

As a national security blog, Lawfare, has more or less ignored issues relating to immigration. To be sure, the issue of immigration intersects with the question of border control (that, after all, is wh...

President-Elect Trump kept busy over the Thanksgiving holiday with the announcement of more high-level national security appointments: Governor Nikki Haley as Ambassador to the United Nations, Donald McG...

The internet has been buzzing with news and speculation regarding state election recounts and a movement to audit voting results. Last week, accounts emerged that well-respected researchers had found ind...

Last summer, I pointed out that U.S. law already authorizes the President to impose targeted economic sanctions to deter or punish Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. That none were imposed, howev...

The debate over the unprecedented conflicts of interest created by President-elect Donald Trump’s financial empire is at an impasse, perhaps in part because we have adopted a narrow understanding of what...