Lawfare Daily: Analyzing the Administration's New Counterdrug Approach
The Lawfare Podcast24 Sep 2025

Lawfare Daily: Analyzing the Administration's New Counterdrug Approach

Loren Voss, Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, sits down with Dan Byman, Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor and the Director of the Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Ryan Berg, Director of the Americas Program and Head of the Future of Venezuela Initiative also at CSIS; and Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson. They talk about the new United States approach to drug smuggling, the lethal strikes against drug smuggling boats, and the ongoing counterdrug efforts in Mexico.

Anderson applies international law to the facts as known on the military strikes on drug smuggling boats, highlighting the difficulties of treating drug smuggling as a “use of force” and a transnational criminal organization as a non-state armed group. Byman and Berg discuss the importance of the host government in dealing with terrorist or criminal threats, but are skeptical that the counterterrorism framing will be effective without also addressing the demand for drugs within the United States. The group ends with a discussion on how current strategies and legal analysis could be applied to other geographies or criminal groups.

Mentioned in this episode:

To receive ad-free podcasts, become a Lawfare Material Supporter at www.patreon.com/lawfare. You can also support Lawfare by making a one-time donation at https://givebutter.com/lawfare-institute.

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episoder(2887)

Episode #48: Jack Goldsmith Speaks at Hoover to and on the National Security Press

Episode #48: Jack Goldsmith Speaks at Hoover to and on the National Security Press

In the third and final installment of our series of sessions from the October 25 Hoover Media Colloquium, Jack goes mano a mano with the press corps on national security leaks and journalism. Support ...

8 Nov 201358min

Episode #47: Matthew Waxman and Kenneth Anderson Speak on Autonomous Weapons at Hoover

Episode #47: Matthew Waxman and Kenneth Anderson Speak on Autonomous Weapons at Hoover

Matthew Waxman and Kenneth Anderson speak at the Hoover Institution on autonomous weapons before a group of journalists.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast...

6 Nov 20131h

Episode #46: Benjamin Wittes Speaks at Hoover on "Speaking the Law"

Episode #46: Benjamin Wittes Speaks at Hoover on "Speaking the Law"

Benjamin Wittes speaks on his and Kenneth Anderson's book, Speaking the Law, at an October 25 media colloquium at the Hoover Institution. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted o...

1 Nov 20131h 3min

Episode #45: Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein on Political Dysfunction

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

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

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"

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

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

Populært innen Politikk og nyheter

giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
forklart
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
aftenpodden-usa
popradet
i-retten
stopp-verden
det-store-bildet
fotballpodden-2
rss-gukild-johaug
dine-penger-pengeradet
rss-ness
hanna-de-heldige
nokon-ma-ga
aftenbla-bla
bt-dokumentar-2
e24-podden
frokostshowet-pa-p5
rss-penger-polser-og-politikk