Chatter: Nuclear Launch Authority in Myth and Reality, with Hans Kristensen
Lloyd Austin's hospitalization and delayed communication about it have spurred much commentary and questions about the role of the secretary of defense in the US nuclear-strike chain of command.David ...
18 Jan 202455min
Protecting Civilians in Gaza and Beyond with Marc Garlasco and Emily Tripp
Last month, the Department of Defense released its first-ever policy on civilian harm reduction. But as Marc Garlasco recently wrote in Lawfare, “[T]he policy comes at an awkward time … The U.S. milit...
18 Jan 202456min
Chimène Keitner on South Africa, Israel, and the Genocide Convention
Chimène Keitner is the Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at the University of California at Davis. She is a leading international law authority and served for a number of years at the State Depa...
17 Jan 202457min
Greg Johnsen and Scott Anderson on the Fight Against the Houthis
Over the last two months, Houthi militants have waged more than 27 attacks against merchant shipping and U.S. and partner forces in the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden, and the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, purport...
16 Jan 202449min
Lawfare Archive: What Happens When We Don’t Believe the President’s Oath?
From March 4, 2017: Yesterday, Just Security and the Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law hosted Benjamin Wittes for a conversation on a question about the path of the Trump...
15 Jan 20241h 2min
Rational Security: The “Courtroom Drama” Edition
This week on Rational Security, Quinta and Scott were joined by Lawfare Executive Editor Natalie Orpett to discuss the week’s big national security and courtroom news, including:“Ergo Omnes.” South Af...
14 Jan 20241h 18min
Trump's Trials and Tribulations: The 14th Amendment Goes to the Supreme Court
It's another episode of “Trump's Trials and Tribulations,” recorded on January 11 in front of a live audience on YouTube and Zoom. Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes spoke with Lawfare Senior Edi...
13 Jan 20241h 22min
Lawfare Archive: Gregory Johnsen Answers "What is a Houthi?"
From September 26, 2015: On this week’s Lawfare Podcast, Gregory Johnsen outlines the current state-of-play in Yemen. Johnsen, who is a writer-at-large for Buzzfeed News, a doctoral candidate at Princ...
13 Jan 202440min
