An Earthshaking Election in Guatemala
On August 20, Guatemalans elected a new president, Bernardo Arévalo. His landslide victory was also a major win for the country’s struggling democracy. An unexpectedly strong candidate who ran on an a...
28 Aug 202358min
Rational Security: The “Damn Danville!” Edition
This week on Rational Security, Quinta and Scott were joined by Lawfare Executive Editor Natalie Orpett to break down the week’s big national security news stories, including:“Home to Roost.” A judge ...
27 Aug 20231h 25min
Special Edition: Last Week in the Trump Trials
Today we’re bringing you a recording of our live virtual event from this past Thursday. It’s part of our series, Trump Trials and Tribulations, where we provide regular updates on what’s going on in t...
26 Aug 20231h 2min
Lawfare Archive: Trump Gives Classified Material to the Russians
From May 15, 2017: This afternoon, the Washington Post broke a major story: Donald Trump disclosed highly classified material to the Russian ambassador and Foreign Minister in the Oval Office last wee...
26 Aug 202334min
A Chilling Violation of Press Freedoms in Marion, Kansas
Earlier this month, there was big trouble in little Marion, Kansas, where an entire police department raided the offices of the Marion County Record, a small, family-owned newspaper about 60 miles nor...
25 Aug 202330min
Chatter: The ERAS Tour (Ben’s Version) with Benjamin Wittes
On April 13, 2022, in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes conducted his first “special military operation” at the Russian embassy in Washington, DC. No...
24 Aug 20231h 17min
Unpacking Cyber Diplomacy with Ambassador Nathalie Jaarsma
This week, the UN ad hoc committee tasked with elaborating a cybercrime convention is meeting in New York. Delegates will be involved in in-depth negotiations of the draft convention, ahead of the con...
24 Aug 202351min
Zach Dorfman on “Spy Valley: An Engineer’s Nuclear Betrayal”
In May 1984, former U.S. Marine, engineer, and early Silicon Valley entrepreneur James Harper was sentenced to life in prison for his central role in an audacious scheme to sell a bevy of classified d...
23 Aug 20231h 1min
