Emergency Edition: Another Special Counsel Investigation of Donald Trump
Earlier today, in a surprise announcement, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to lead two ongoing federal investigations of former president and now official 2024 presidentia...
19 Nov 202252min
Rebecca Herman on ‘Cooperating with the Colossus’
Today, the U.S. military maintains around 800 bases in installations around the world with around 75 of those in Latin America, including perhaps its most notorious in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But it was...
18 Nov 202243min
Jed Purdy on Democratic Renewal
American democracy might look healthier in light of last week's midterms, but there's still a lot of skepticism across the political spectrum about how it's doing. From the right, would-be authoritari...
17 Nov 202246min
Matt Tait on Cybersecurity in Ukraine
Matt Tait is a cybersecurity expert who has worked both in the private sector and for the British government at GCHQ, the UK's intelligence, security, and cyber agency. He's also a Lawfare contributor...
16 Nov 202251min
Sophia Yan Explains How to Become a Dictator
Sophia Yan, pianist for the Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security, is also The Telegraph’s Beijing correspondent—or at least, she was until the other day. She’s produced a new podcast entitled, “How t...
15 Nov 202240min
Georgii Dubynskyi on Ukraine’s Cybersecurity
Georgii Dubynskyi is the Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. It is a ministry set up to modernize government services for Ukrainians that has taken a lead role in keeping Ukraine fun...
14 Nov 202255min
Rational Security 2.0: The “Needle is BACK” Edition
This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by Brookings Institution Middle East expert Natan Sachs to talk over the week's big (non-U.S. election) national security news, including:“Bibi Got Back....
13 Nov 20221h 11min
Lawfare Archive: Portland, DHS, and the Rule of Law
From September 23, 2020: Bobby Chesney sat down with former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Texas Congressman Chip Roy as part of the 2020 Texas Tribune Festival. They discussed Portlan...
12 Nov 202230min
