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Assessing Cyber Risk From External Information
Evaluating various approaches to cyber risk quantification can help inform the development of a public standard for measuring cybersecurity. -
The 'Shadow Report' on Commanders’ Prosecutorial Powers Raises More Questions Than Answers
There’s a new expert report out on potential reforms to the military justice system. The report raises some good ideas but has its flaws. -
The Normalization of Trade Security Exceptionalism
Trade authorities delegated to the president by Congress represent two distinct approaches to trade—a primary tariff-lowering approach and a secondary security-premised tariff-raising approach. -
Three Questions on COVID-19 and Digital Technologies
There are long-overlooked dangers embedded within the adoption of digital technologies—and as society shifts online during the pandemic, consumers and policymakers must figure out how to address those ri... -
The Lawfare Podcast: 'Unmaking the Presidency'
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China's Balancing Act in Libya
While other countries have intervened with force, China has taken a cautious approach to preserve its options. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Dropping the Flynn Case
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The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
The Justice Department’s Faulty Arguments in the Flynn Case
Under the logic of the government’s motion to dismiss the charges against Michael Flynn, the FBI can’t investigate whether someone is a Russian agent unless it already has evidence that the person is a R... -
The Justice Department Wants to Drop Flynn’s Case. Can the Judge Say No?
Precedent seems to require the dismissal of the Michael Flynn case, but Judge Emmet Sullivan can ask questions first. -
Did Former Green Berets Violate the 1794 Neutrality Act by Invading Venezuela?
Whether a recent private military excursion violated U.S. law might hinge on the answers to a few important questions. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Tony Mills on Congress's Institutional Limitations in Responding to the Coronavirus
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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Lawfare’s daily roundup of national security news and opinion. -
Trump Wants Answers on the Pandemic’s Origins. Politicizing Intelligence Won’t Help.
Conflicting statements from U.S. leaders are undercutting the credibility of U.S. intelligence on the coronavirus. -
Protecting the Rules-Based Order at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
State parties to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea have a lawful and peaceful way to uphold the international rule of law and counter China’s disregard of a 2016 arbitral tribunal’s legally bindi... -
An Ugly Day for the Justice Department
The Justice Department makes an unfathomably bad argument in dismissing the case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn. -
Justice Department Drops Criminal Case Against Michael Flynn
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Does China Really Owe the World Trillions of Dollars?
While Beijing’s responsibility for violations of international legal obligations seems evident, International Court of Justice precedent on causality and reparations will probably thwart any efforts to m... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Lawfare’s daily roundup of national security news and opinion. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Aric Toler on How Not to Report on Disinformation
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The Strategic Disclosure of Intelligence Requires Stronger Guardrails
Stronger safeguards are needed to separate intelligence from policy and buttress intelligence community objectivity. -
Rational Security: The “Big Worm Energy” Edition
This week, Alan Rozenshtein and Quinta Jurecic were joined by Kevin Frazier to talk through some of the week’s biggest national security news. -
Livestream: President Joe Biden Delivers Remarks on the Release of American Detainees from Russia
Among those returned to the United States include Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Vladimir Kara-Murza, and more.