The Lawfare Podcast: The American Defense Economy and the Future of American Prosperity
With Congress is away, the economists will play, and last week, Brookings hosted a discussion on the health of the U.S. national security industrial base. The panel, which featured Brookings scholars ...
21 Aug 20151h 33min
The Lawfare Podcast: Mike Janke on Encryption, Going Dark, and Corporate Social Responsibility
Last week, Ben posted five hard questions to both government and industry regarding encryption and the "going dark" debate. We posed these questions and more on the issues of technology, public policy...
14 Aug 201543min
The Lawfare Podcast: Senator Tim Kaine on the One Year Anniversary of the War with ISIS
The war with ISIS turns one today. This week, Senator Kaine marked the anniversary of the fight with a speech at the Cato Institute, which has generously allowed us to use the audio for the podcast. W...
7 Aug 201556min
The Lawfare Podcast: Monaco, Clapper, and Lynch --- The Aspen Security Forum Mixtape: Volume II
Last week, the Aspen Security Forum featured interviews from a host of Obama administration national security officials, some of which we provided last week. This week is part II, wherein we share edi...
31 Jul 20151h 29min
Comey, Johnson, and Rogers Speak at Aspen
FBI Director James Comey, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, and NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers all spoke this week at the Aspen Security Forum. CNN's Wolf Blitzer interviewed Comey. The New Y...
25 Jul 20151h 21min
What to Think of Russia's Nuclear Threats
While the world powers and Iran were embroiled in last minute negotiations last week, Brookings hosted a discussion on the meaning of another power’s recent nuclear threats: this time looking at Russi...
17 Jul 20151h 36min
Admiral Bob Day on Cybersecurity and Accountability
This week, we invited the the Virginia Cyber Commission’s Executive Director, Rear Admiral Bob Day (USCG, Ret.) to come tell us more about the Commission’s work and the upcoming release of its report ...
10 Jul 201539min
Should the United States Put Boots on the Ground to Fight ISIS?
Last week, Brookings convened three policy experts, Michael Doran of the Hudson Institute, Brookings fellows Michael O’Hanlon and Jeremy Sharpiro, as well as Senator Chris Murphy for the first ever Br...
2 Jul 20151h 34min
