The Complicated Politics of Ukraine Aid
The Senate last week failed to move forward the national security supplemental, which includes a large package of aid for Ukraine. The holdup? Migration at the southern border and Republican insistenc...
11 Des 202355min
Rational Security: The “Based in Eunuchs” Edition
This week on Rational Security, co-hosts Quinta and Scott were joined by co-host emeritus Benjamin Wittes to talk over the week’s big national security news, including:“Stalled and Appalled.” Ukraine’...
10 Des 20231h 13min
Trump’s Trials and Tribulations: A Fulton County Hearing, Filings in D.C., and 14th Amendment Updates
It's another edition of “Trump’s Trials and Tribulations,” recorded on Thursday before a live audience of Lawfare Material Supporters. Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with Lawfare Edi...
9 Des 20231h 18min
Lawfare Archive: Matt and Ken Speak at Hoover on Autonomous Weapons
From November 6, 2013: On October 25, 2013, the Hoover Institution held a day-long media colloquium out at Stanford University for a first-rate group of journalists focused on national security legal ...
9 Des 20231h 1min
Graham Allison on Henry Kissinger
Last week, former Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger passed away. To assess his legacy, Jack Goldsmith sat down with Graham Allison, the Douglas Dillon Professor of Gover...
8 Des 202351min
Chatter: World War I and Intelligence in American Memory, with Mark Stout
World War I was a seminal event for American national security and foreign policy, as the United States deployed nearly two million soldiers and sailors to Europe and engaged in the most intense overs...
7 Des 20231h 26min
Preparing for War with Bradley Onishi
Watching the footage of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, Bradley Onishi thought to himself, “If I hadn’t left evangelicalism, would I have been there?” In his book entitl...
7 Des 202355min
Bill Wright on the AI Executive Order
A little over a month ago, President Biden issued a sweeping executive order on artificial intelligence (AI) covering a broad set of AI issues, such as privacy, transparency, the development of biolog...
6 Des 202335min
