Ben Hubbard on MBS
Saudi Arabia continues to be a mainstay of newspaper headlines, whether it be for its oil price war with Russia or for news about Turkish indictments in connection with the murder of journalist Jamal ...
31 Mars 202045min
Coronavirus Around the World
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the globe, it can be difficult to keep track of how the virus has spread and how different countries have responded. So, this week we are doing something a l...
28 Mars 20201h 27min
How the State Department and the Defense Department are Responding to the Covid-19 Pandemic
On this bonus edition of the Lawfare Podcast, we have combined two conversations about about how the Department of State and the Department of Defense are responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, includin...
27 Mars 202051min
Baybars Örsek on Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Fact-Checking
On this episode of Lawfare's Arbiters of Truth series on disinformation, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with Baybars Örsek, the Director of the International Fact-Checking Network at the Poynte...
26 Mars 202044min
Shorts: How Do You Spy When the World is Shut Down?
Like a marriage, a healthy relationship between an intelligence officer and an asset usually features ample attention and extensive energy. And of course, a lot of time spent with one another. But how...
25 Mars 202016min
Freedom House on 'Freedom in the World'
Since 1974, Freedom House has compiled the “Freedom in the World” report, a comparative assessment of global rights and civil liberties that ranks each country’s level of freedom and identifies region...
24 Mars 202039min
Alina Polyakova and Torrey Taussig on 'The Democracy Playbook'
Democracies around the world are under assault, with their norms and institutions undermined by authoritarian actors. From Hungary to India and beyond, illiberal or populist governments are weakening ...
21 Mars 202043min
Steve Vladeck on Emergency Powers and Coronavirus
What can the president do in a national emergency? What limits what the president can do? What authorizes the president to do all those things he can do in a national emergency? Is the president abusi...
19 Mars 202053min
