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The Authoritarian Playbook in 2025
The advocacy group Protect Democracy last month issued an updated version of its report entitled, “The Authoritarian Playbook.” The new report is cal…
2 years, 1 month ago
Joel Braunold on the State of the Gaza Crisis
The conflict in Gaza is headed toward a critical juncture. Israeli political leaders have signaled their intent to assault Rafah, one of the final sa…
2 years, 1 month ago
Lawfare Archive: Christopher Moran on ‘Company Confessions: Secrets, Memoirs, and the CIA’
From December 10, 2016: This week at the Hoover Book Soiree, Jack Goldsmith interviewed Christopher Moran, a professor at the University of Warwick, …
2 years, 1 month ago
Rational Security: The “Licking the Cow” Edition
This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were once again joined by co-host emeritus Benjamin Wittes to talk through the week's big national security news, …
2 years, 1 month ago
Trump’s Trials and Tribulations: A Wild and Woolly Week
It’s another episode of “Trump’s Trials and Tribulations,” this one recorded before a live audience on Zoom on Friday afternoon. It’s been a wild wee…
2 years, 1 month ago
Lawfare Archive: Jim Baker on FISA Errors
From April 10, 2020: Jim Baker served as general counsel for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was also the counsel for the Office of Intellige…
2 years, 1 month ago
Itsiq Benizri on the EU AI Act
The EU has finally agreed to its AI Act. Despite the political agreement reached in December 2023, some nations maintained some reservations about th…
2 years, 1 month ago
Chatter: Life and Death in Ukraine with Journalist Christopher Miller
In February 2022, Russia launched a full scale invasion into Ukraine in the largest attack on a European country since World War II. This invasion di…
2 years, 1 month ago
Jonathan Cedarbaum and Matt Gluck on the NDAA’s Cyber Provisions
The National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, is considered must-pass legislation and is increasingly becoming the only reliable vehicle for natio…
2 years, 1 month ago
Constitutional Law, International Law, and the State
Many international law scholars are skeptical about the efficacy of international law to shape state behavior—and even international law's reality as…
2 years, 1 month ago