What Ukraine Tells Us About the Future of War
Over the past eighteen months, Ukraine has served as the stage for a proxy battle between superpowers, with the invading Russians on one side and a U.S.-led coalition of Western allies backing Ukraine...
3 Aug 202358min
Emergency Edition: The Trump Jan. 6 Indictment
On Tuesday, a D.C. grand jury voted to indict Donald Trump for a range of crimes that all involve the attempt to prevent the peaceful transfer of power following the 2020 presidential election. For th...
2 Aug 20231h 10min
Bringing Digital Evidence into the Courtroom
In last month’s landmark settlement, the City of New York agreed to pay over $13 million to a group of 1,380 protestors who “were arrested and/or subjected to force by N.Y.P.D. officers” in Manhattan ...
1 Aug 202342min
Making Sense of the UFO Hearing with Shane Harris
This past week, the House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs held a spirited hearing on an unusual topic: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, or UAPs, the more cor...
31 Jul 20231h 2min
Rational Security: The “Norpett Returns” Edition
This week on Rational Security, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by the long absent Lawfare Executive Editor Natalie Orpett to talk through the week’s big national security news stories, including:...
30 Jul 20231h 14min
Lawfare Archive: Cristina Rodríguez and Adam Cox on 'The President and Immigration Law'
From December 7, 2020: Jack Goldsmith spoke with Adam Cox and Christina Rodríguez, the authors of "The President and Immigration Law," a new book about the historical rise and operation of a president...
29 Jul 202348min
Josh Geltzer on 702 Reauthorization
Joshua Geltzer is the Deputy Homeland Security Advisor at the White House, part of the National Security Council staff. He is the president's point person on the reauthorization battle surrounding Sec...
28 Jul 202344min
Chatter: Science Fiction and International Relations with Stephen Dyson
Creators of science fiction movies and television shows often build worlds with at least some attention to governance systems and international (or interplanetary) political interactions. Sometimes, t...
27 Jul 20231h 37min
