
Chatter: Reporting from the Front Lines with Nancy Youssef
Nancy Youssef has reported on war and conflict around the world and from Washington. As a young journalist, she went to Iraq and sensed early on that a war most presumed would be over quickly was only...
16 Apr 202349min

Lawfare Archive: The Attack in Saudi Arabia
From September 17, 2019: Tensions in the Middle East are at a high point. Over the weekend, large Saudi oil facilities were attacked. The Yemeni Houthis jumped in to claim responsibility. Secretary of...
15 Apr 202347min

A TikTok Ban and the First Amendment
Over the past few years, TikTok has become a uniquely polarizing social media platform. On the one hand, millions of users, especially those in their teens and twenties, love the app. On the other han...
14 Apr 202346min

The Saudi-Iran Deal Featuring China
A few weeks ago, China made headlines for brokering a deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to thaw diplomatic relations after seven years of cutting ties and even more years of tense relations. Since th...
13 Apr 202356min

Rid and Toler on the Latest Megaleak
Thomas Rid is a Professor of Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Aric Toler is the Director of Research and Training at Bellingcat. Both have been w...
12 Apr 202348min

Craig Timberg on the Vulkan Files
Document leaking has been in the news lately—and not just stories about the leaking of U.S. intelligence documents. On March 30, 2023, the Washington Post published a series of stories about the Vulka...
11 Apr 202332min

India’s Democracy Under Modi
On March 23, 2023, an Indian court found Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s principal opposition leader, Rahul Gandhi, guilty of defaming the Prime Minister and the Modi surname. He was sentenced to two y...
10 Apr 20231h 6min

Rational Security: The “24-Hour News Psychos” Edition
This week on Rational Security, Quinta and Scott were joined by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien to celebrate the return of the complete media madhouse and talk through the week’s big stories, in...
9 Apr 20231h 6min



















