Episode #91: ISIS, ISIL, IS, AUMF
Benjamin Wittes, Robert Chesney, Shane Harris and Wells Bennett talk the politics and law of the ISIS AUMF--and why President Obama isn't seeking one.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfa...
13 Syys 201437min
Episode #90: The ISIL Threat - A National Counterterrorism Assessment
It’s already made the headlines, but earlier this week, Matt Olsen, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center delivered a keynote threat assessment of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria to the...
5 Syys 20141h 6min
Episode #89: Bone-Crushing Zombie Action
Foreign Policy's Shane Harris hosts a panel--incuding Bobby Chesney, Benjamin Wittes, and Jennifer Daskal--on the law of the War on Zombies. What will be the legal architecture when the dead walk and ...
29 Elo 201437min
Episode #88: Russia Breaking Bad and the Future of the International Order
Earlier this week, the Brookings Institution hosted a panel on Russia’s place in the international order in the light of recent more aggressive turns in its foreign policy. As the crisis in Ukraine co...
21 Elo 20141h 32min
Episode #87: The Future of Somalia
Washington was abuzz this week as more than 50 African leaders were in town for the first U.S.-Africa Summit. Yesterday, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the President of Somalia, spoke at Brookings on the futu...
8 Elo 20141h 19min
Episode #86: War in Gaza
Benjamin Wittes discusses the ongoing crises in Gaza with Brookings scholars Natan Sachs, Khaled Elgindy, and Tamara Cofman Wittes. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acas...
1 Elo 201452min
Episode #85: Fernando Reinares on "Madrid 3/11 Bombings and the Future of Terrorism in Europe"
Last week, Professor Fernando Reinares, a senior analyst on International Terrorism at the Elcano Royal Institute, delivered a talk on his new book, entitled in English, “Kill Them! Who was Behind 3/1...
24 Heinä 20141h 32min
Episode #84: Bahlul, Bahlul, Bahlul
Benjamin Wittes, Wells Bennett, and Steve Vladeck sit down to talk aboout the D.C. Circuit Court's recent decision in the Al Bahlul case and what it means for the future of US military commissions. Su...
17 Heinä 201436min
