Alina Polyakova and Torrey Taussig on 'The Democracy Playbook'
Democracies around the world are under assault, with their norms and institutions undermined by authoritarian actors. From Hungary to India and beyond, illiberal or populist governments are weakening ...
21 Mar 202043min
Steve Vladeck on Emergency Powers and Coronavirus
What can the president do in a national emergency? What limits what the president can do? What authorizes the president to do all those things he can do in a national emergency? Is the president abusi...
19 Mar 202053min
Rebecca Katz on Global Health Security and the Coronavirus Response
Dr. Rebecca Katz is the director of the Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University Medical Center. She also teaches courses on global health diplomacy, global health securi...
17 Mar 202048min
Kate Starbird on Pandemics and Infodemics
On this episode of Lawfare's Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Kate Starbird, an Associate Professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering at the ...
16 Mar 202041min
Josh Sharfstein on Coronavirus
Josh Sharfstein is the vice dean of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He also served as the secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. He was the principal d...
14 Mar 202047min
Joshua R. Fattal on Fighting Disinformation with the Foreign Agents Registration Act
This week on Lawfare’s Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Joshua R. Fattal about a fascinating law review article he’s written: “FARA on Facebook: M...
12 Mar 202046min
Congress and Corona
Since we are recording remotely due to coronavirus concerns, it is a good day to discuss the congressional response to coronavirus. Benjamin Wittes spoke with Margaret Taylor, Lawfare's congressional ...
11 Mar 202036min
Joseph Nye on "Do Morals Matter?: Presidents and Foreign Policy from FDR to Trump"
We ask a lot of questions about foreign policy on this podcast. Why do certain countries make certain decisions? What are the interests of the players in question? What are the consequences and, of co...
7 Mar 202043min
