Chatter: The JFK Assassination and Conspiracy Culture, with Gerald Posner
Sixty years ago today in Dallas, Texas, Lee Harvey Oswald shot and killed President John Kennedy. For almost as long, various (often contradictory) conspiracy theories about that day have been circula...
22 Nov 20231h 39min
The Pigeon Tunnel: Errol Morris Interviews John le Carré
The great documentary filmmaker Errol Morris is best known for films such as “The Thin Blue Line” and “The Fog of War.” His latest film, “The Pigeon Tunnel,” is about the great espionage novelist John...
22 Nov 202353min
Brooks, Wohlforth, and Keohane on the Strength of the United States in International Politics
At the end of the Cold War, there was no question that the United States was the most powerful country in the world—militarily, economically, and technologically. International relations scholars call...
21 Nov 202352min
Why Pakistan is Deporting Afghan Refugees with Madiha Afzal
Over the past few weeks, the country of Pakistan has pursued an aggressive wave of deportations targeting thousands of Afghan refugees, some of whom have been in Pakistan for generations. Many fear th...
20 Nov 202342min
Rational Security: The “Talking Turkey” Edition
This week on Rational Security, Quinta and Scott were jointed by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien to talk over some of the week's big national security news, including:“The Day After.” As the war...
19 Nov 20231h 3min
Trump’s Trials and Tribulations: What Is Judge Cannon up to Now?
It's another episode of “Trump’s Trials and Tribulations,” the last one before Thanksgiving, when we will take a week off. Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down before a live audience of La...
18 Nov 20231h 21min
Lawfare Archive: Turnover and Turmoil Inside the State Department
From September 7, 2019: This summer has been a tumultuous one inside the U.S. State Department. In August, the department’s Office of the Inspector General handed down a scathing report alleging polit...
18 Nov 20231h 4min
Assistant Secretary Matt Axelrod on Enforcing Export Controls
The United States has long set restrictions on the export of certain sensitive goods and technologies, particularly to strategic rivals. But over the past several years, we have seen first the Trump a...
17 Nov 202346min
