Lawfare Archive: The SpaceX Launch and the Future of Space Law
From May 26, 2020: On Wednesday, NASA and the SpaceX Corporation are scheduled to send astronauts back into outer space from U.S. soil for the first time since the U.S. space shuttle program ended in ...
2 Mar 202447min
Governing the Use of Autonomous Weapons and AI in Warfare with Lauren Kahn
Following Hamas’s attacks on Oct. 7, the Israeli military retaliated with a relentless and devastating air war. By mid-December, Israeli forces had struck more than 22,000 targets in Gaza, and the Isr...
1 Mar 202441min
Chatter: The Moon, Tides, and National Security with Rebecca Boyle
We all know how superpower competition spurred one giant leap for mankind on the lunar surface in July 1969. But the story of how the Moon and its tides affect national security is deeper and wider th...
29 Feb 20241h 10min
Sanctions Past, Present, and Future with OFAC Director Brad Smith
Over the past several decades, financial sanctions have become one of the most widely used tools in the U.S. foreign policy arsenal. And since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine two years ago, the Biden adm...
29 Feb 20241h 1min
Justin Sherman on Senator Wyden’s Investigation of Near Intelligence Inc.
On Feb. 13, Senator Ron Wyden released a letter documenting an investigation his office has been conducting into the activities of Near Intelligence Inc., a data broker that allegedly enabled an anti-...
28 Feb 202441min
The Justices Figure Out that Internet Law Is Hard
The Supreme Court heard hours and hours of oral arguments today brought by a trade association called NetChoice against laws restricting content moderation in Florida and Texas. It's the big First Ame...
27 Feb 202459min
How Much Trouble is NATO Really In? with Scott R. Anderson
At a South Carolina campaign rally on Feb. 10, former President Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters that while he was president he told “one of the presidents of a big country” in the NATO allianc...
26 Feb 202459min
Rational Security: The “Fast and the Furry-us” Edition
This week on Rational Security, Alan, Quinta, and Scott got together to talk over the week’s big national security news, including:“Is Revanchism a Dish Best Served Cold?” Russia boosters seem to be f...
25 Feb 20241h 16min
