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Chatter: The Moon, Tides, and National Security with Rebecca Boyle
We all know how superpower competition spurred one giant leap for mankind on the lunar surface in July 1969. But the story of how the Moon and its ti…
2 years, 1 month ago
Sanctions Past, Present, and Future with OFAC Director Brad Smith
Over the past several decades, financial sanctions have become one of the most widely used tools in the U.S. foreign policy arsenal. And since Russia…
2 years, 1 month ago
Justin Sherman on Senator Wyden’s Investigation of Near Intelligence Inc.
On Feb. 13, Senator Ron Wyden released a letter documenting an investigation his office has been conducting into the activities of Near Intelligence …
2 years, 1 month ago
The Justices Figure Out that Internet Law Is Hard
The Supreme Court heard hours and hours of oral arguments today brought by a trade association called NetChoice against laws restricting content mode…
2 years, 1 month ago
How Much Trouble is NATO Really In? with Scott R. Anderson
At a South Carolina campaign rally on Feb. 10, former President Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters that while he was president he told “one of t…
2 years, 1 month ago
Rational Security: The “Fast and the Furry-us” Edition
This week on Rational Security, Alan, Quinta, and Scott got together to talk over the week’s big national security news, including:
“Is Revanchism a D…2 years, 1 month ago
Trump’s Trials and Tribulations: Delays in Florida and D.C.
It's another episode of “Trump's Trials and Tribulations,” recorded on February 22 in front of a live audience on YouTube and Zoom. Lawfare Senior Ed…
2 years, 1 month ago
Lawfare Archive: Alina Polyakova on the Poisoning of Alexei Navalny
From September 15, 2020: Alexei Navalny is Russia's most prominent dissident, opposition leader, and anti-corruption crusader—and the latest such per…
2 years, 1 month ago
Breaking Down the Fireworks in Fulton County
Since a grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, handed up an indictment in August of former President Donald Trump and 18 other defendants for their ef…
2 years, 1 month ago
Chatter: President Biden’s Foreign Policy with Alex Ward
Joe Biden took office with a big ambition: To repair America’s reputation abroad and set the country on a new path, where foreign policy would be cra…
2 years, 1 month ago