Weaponizing the Dollar with Saleha Mohsin
Since World War II, the United States and its currency, the dollar, have come to play a central role in the broader global economy. And in recent decades, policymakers have used this role as a weapon,...
20 Mar 202453min
Timothy Edgar and Paul Rosenzweig on the Volt Typhoon Cyber Intrusion
Last May, Microsoft announced that a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, Volt Typhoon, appeared to be targeting U.S. critical infrastructure and entities abroad in part through establishing a prese...
19 Mar 202454min
Judge McAfee Rules Fani Willis Can Stay
Friday morning in Fulton County, Georgia, Judge Scott McAfee issued an opinion in the matter of the disqualification of District Attorney Fani Willis. It was not a complete victory for anybody. The de...
18 Mar 202448min
Rational Security: The “Sociopathic Nose Wrinkle” Edition
This week on Rational Security, Alan, Quinta, and Scott got together for the last time before Scott’s paternity leave to talk over the week’s big national security news, including:“Kitchen Table Issue...
17 Mar 20241h 17min
Trump's Trials and Tribulations: Delays All Along the East Coast
It's another episode of “Trump's Trials and Tribulations,” recorded on March 14 in front of a live audience on YouTube and Riverside. Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Seni...
16 Mar 20241h 24min
Lawfare Archive: Paul Rosenzweig on Investigating American Presidents
From November 10, 2018: With the firing of Jeff Sessions and his replacement with former U.S. attorney Matthew Whitaker, all eyes this week are focused on whether Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inve...
16 Mar 202432min
Tim Mak on Two Years of War in Ukraine
Tim Mak is the editor, writer, and entrepreneur behind the Substack site, The Counteroffensive, which covers the Ukraine-Russia war through personal stories on the ground in Ukraine. He has been in Uk...
15 Mar 202445min
Chatter: Margaret Mead, Psychedelics, and the CIA with Benjamin Breen
If you’re listening to this podcast, chances are you’ve heard stories about the CIA’s experiments with drugs, particularly LSD, during the infamous MKUltra program. But you may not know that the chara...
14 Mar 20241h 24min
