Bonus Edition: Stephen Vladeck on Detaining an American Enemy Combatant
When an American ISIS fighter turned himself in to Syrian Democratic Forces last month, the subsequent detention of the unnamed enemy combatant by U.S. forces sparked concern. To explore the implicati...
17 Okt 201753min
Shadi Hamid and William McCants on Rethinking Political Islam
Political Islam has been radically shifting in the past four years since the Egyptian coup and the emergence of ISIS, consequently challenging how we understand Islamist movements and their impact. To...
13 Okt 201736min
Bob Bauer and A.B. Culvahouse on Defending the President
Last month, Lawfare and Foreign Policy hosted an event on lawyering for the Trump presidency. Susan Hennessey spoke with former White House Counsels Bob Bauer, who served in the Obama administration f...
6 Okt 201735min
Bonus Edition: Jack Goldsmith on the Norm-Defying Presidency
President Trump's conduct in office draws a sharp contrast between laws that formally restrict the presidency and the institutional norms that presidents have historically followed. For the October 20...
3 Okt 201744min
Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro on 'The Internationalists'
The Kellogg-Briand Pact is often remembered as a failure; signed in 1928 to outlaw war, it was followed in just over a decade by one of the deadliest conflicts in history. But Oona Hathaway and Scott ...
29 Sep 201745min
Stephan Haggard on North Korea and the Tactical Divide
The escalating tension between North Korea and the United States has risen to an unprecedented level. Earlier this month, Stephan Haggard, Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies...
22 Sep 201753min
Brookings Panel on Cybersecurity in U.S. Elections
The evidence of foreign interference in the 2016 U.S. elections emphasizes the significant national security threat to our democracy. Last week, Susan Hennessey joined a panel at the Brookings Institu...
15 Sep 201758min
Benjamin Wittes on Investigating the President
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and the Russian government has been a focal point in political discourse s...
8 Sep 20171h 8min
