Through the Looking Glass with Mike Doran, Part II
Part II of the conversation between Michael Doran and Benjamin Wittes. Doran, a former Brookings scholar now at the Hudson Institute, served in the George W. Bush White House, at the State Department,...
6 Jan 201852min
Special Edition: The New York Times on Obstruction
This evening, the New York Times published a story with new details of significance to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation regarding the President and obstruction of justice. Michael Schmid...
5 Jan 201850min
Through the Looking Glass with Mike Doran, Part I
Michael Doran and Benjamin Wittes have an extended conversation about Trump, Russia, and how Doran parted ways with his many colleagues who became #NeverTrump conservatives. Doran is a former Brooking...
2 Jan 201841min
Year in Review: Lawfare Questions
As we wrap up 2017, we wanted to listen to you, our listeners. In this year-end episode of the Lawfare Podcast, Lawfare contributors took your questions by voicemail and answered them on the show. Sus...
30 Dec 201746min
What the Heck is Up with 702?
As the year is coming to a close, Congress has now missed the deadline for reauthorizing FISA Section 702. Molly Reynolds, a Brookings fellow in Governance Studies and expert on Congress, joined Benja...
23 Dec 201741min
C. Christine Fair on Bangladeshi Terrorism
Last week, a Bangladeshi man set off a pipe bomb in the New York subway in an attempted terrorist attack inspired by the Islamic State. C. Christine Fair, a professor in Georgetown University’s Peace ...
20 Dec 201740min
Noah Feldman on Madison’s Three Lives
President James Madison shaped the course of American history in not one, not two, but three different and foundational roles in the formation of the young republic. He was a drafter of the constituti...
16 Dec 201738min
Saria Samakie on Surviving Syria
Saria Samakie has a story unlike those of most of his peers at Georgetown. After being kidnapped three times in Syria, Samakie managed to flee the war-ravaged country and eventually arrived in the Uni...
12 Dec 201752min
