Lawfare Archive: Alina Polyakova on the Poisoning of Alexei Navalny
From September 15, 2020: Alexei Navalny is Russia's most prominent dissident, opposition leader, and anti-corruption crusader—and the latest such person to be poisoned by the Vladimir Putin regime, wh...
24 Feb 202434min
Breaking Down the Fireworks in Fulton County
Since a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, handed up an indictment in August of former President Donald Trump and 18 other defendants for their efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election ...
23 Feb 20241h 2min
Chatter: President Biden’s Foreign Policy with Alex Ward
Joe Biden took office with a big ambition: To repair America’s reputation abroad and set the country on a new path, where foreign policy would be crafted with the middle class in mind. So writes journ...
22 Feb 20241h 21min
Intimidation of State and Local Officeholders with Maya Kornberg
As a new report on the intimidation of state and local officeholders from the Brennan Center for Justice points out, “The January 6 insurrection at the Capitol seemed to mark a new peak in extremist i...
22 Feb 202448min
The Authoritarian Playbook in 2025
The advocacy group Protect Democracy last month issued an updated version of its report entitled, “The Authoritarian Playbook.” The new report is called, “The Authoritarian Playbook for 2025: How an a...
21 Feb 202451min
Joel Braunold on the State of the Gaza Crisis
The conflict in Gaza is headed toward a critical juncture. Israeli political leaders have signaled their intent to assault Rafah, one of the final safe havens for displaced Gazan civilians—a move that...
20 Feb 20241h
Lawfare Archive: Christopher Moran on ‘Company Confessions: Secrets, Memoirs, and the CIA’
From December 10, 2016: This week at the Hoover Book Soiree, Jack Goldsmith interviewed Christopher Moran, a professor at the University of Warwick, on his book “Company Confessions: Secrets, Memoirs,...
19 Feb 202438min
Rational Security: The “Licking the Cow” Edition
This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were once again joined by co-host emeritus Benjamin Wittes to talk through the week's big national security news, including:“Constitutional Annoyance.” Last week, th...
18 Feb 20241h 17min
