Rational Security: The "Nothing To Be Thankful For" Edition
For Thanksgiving, we’re bringing you something a little different—an episode of Rational Security, our light, conversational show about national security and related topics. This week, Alan, Quinta an...
25 Nov 20211h 6min
David Kaye on How We Address the Global Spyware Problem
On November 3, the Commerce Department added four foreign companies to what is often referred to as the “Entity List,” for engaging in activities that are contrary to the national security or foreign ...
24 Nov 202144min
Lincoln and the Broken Constitution
Jack Goldsmith sat down with Noah Feldman, the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard University, to discuss his new book,”The Broken Constitution: Lincoln, Slavery, and the Refounding of Ameri...
23 Nov 20211h 3min
Mary Sarotte on ‘Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate’
Alexander Vindman sat down with Dr. Mary Sarotte, the author of the new book, “Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate,” to discuss the 1990s and NATO expansion. They ...
22 Nov 202157min
Lawfare Archive: Avril Haines, Eric Rosenbach, and David Sanger on U.S. Offensive Cyber Operations
From May 28, 2019: From the Washington Post’s February report that U.S. Cyber Command took a Russian disinformation operation offline on the day of the 2018 midterms to fight election interference, to...
21 Nov 202154min
Lawfare Archive: The Future of Somalia
From August 9, 2014: Washington was abuzz this week as more than 50 African leaders were in town for the first U.S.-Africa Summit. On August 8, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, the President of Somalia, spoke a...
20 Nov 20211h 19min
Fiona Hill on ‘There Is Nothing for You Here’
Alexander Vindman sat down with Dr. Fiona Hill, the Robert Bosch senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings, and the author of the new book,...
19 Nov 202155min
The Facebook Oversight Board, One Year On
It’s been roughly a year since the Facebook Oversight Board opened its doors for business—and while you may mostly remember the board from its decision on Donald Trump’s suspension from Facebook, but ...
18 Nov 202157min
