Episode #45: Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein on Political Dysfunction
Congressional scholars Tom Mann of the Brookings Institution and Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute discuss the arguments in their book It's Even Worse Than It Looks, the government sh...
17 Okt 201330min
Episode #44: Matt Apuzzo on Najibullah Zazi and NSA Surveillance Programs
Bruce Riedel, Director of the Intelligence Project at Brookings, hosted Matt Apuzzo of the AP for a discussion of his new book with Adam Goldman, entitled “Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD’s Secret Spy...
11 Okt 20131h 25min
Episode #43: A Debate on NSA Surveillance
Benjamin Wittes, Steven Vladeck, and Orin Kerr debate NSA surveillance and the Snowden leaks at an event hosted by the George Washington University chapter of the Federalist Society.Support this show ...
2 Okt 20131h 18min
Episode #42: Steve Vladeck and Ryan Goodman on "Just Security"
Lawfare veteran Steve Vladeck and NYU law professor Ryan Goodman discuss their new national security blog, Just Security--which launches today.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hos...
19 Sep 201326min
Episode #41: Nathan Myhrvold on Strategic Terrorism
Polymathic technology businessman Nathan Myhrvold discusses his paper, "Strategic Terrorism: A Call to Action."Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
11 Sep 201334min
Episode #40: Brookings Event, "Striking Syria? Obama, Congress and Military Action"
On Thursday, Brookings hosted an event on possible U.S. military intervention in Syria. Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O'Hanlon lead the discussion, in which Brookings scholars debated the strategic...
6 Sep 20131h 29min
Episode #39: Laura Dean on the Bloodbath in Egypt
Ben interviews Laura Dean, Lawfare's Cairo Diarist, about the coup in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, and freelancing the revolution.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acas...
28 Aug 201329min
Episode #37--Tools and Tradeoffs: Confronting U.S. Citizen Terrorist Suspects Abroad
Daniel Byman of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy and Ben Wittes of the Governance Studies program at Brookings launched their report entitled “Tools and Tradeoffs: Confronting U.S. Citizen Terr...
26 Jul 20131h 29min
