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ChinaTalk: The Blunder Down Under? How China-Australia Relations Fell Off a Cliff
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Who Will Decide Whether to Investigate Trump?
Biden would be well within the bounds of law and norms were he to directly instruct the attorney general not to investigate or prosecute Trump or close Trump associates. But he has suggested that he want... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Can Democracies Play Offense on Disinformation?
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Fault Lines: The Empire Strikes Back or a New Hope?
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Can Tech Companies and Local Governments Mitigate Abuses of Government Secrecy?
Sharing classified information with nonfederal actors has benefits that extend well beyond protecting elections and improving cybersecurity. -
Rational Security: The 'You Get a Pardon and You Get a Pardon!' Edition
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The Statutory Authority for Barr’s Appointment of Durham as Special Counsel
How does the authority Attorney General William Barr used to appoint John Durham compare with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s appointment of Special Counsel Robert Mueller in 2017? -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Lawfare’s daily roundup of national security news and opinion. -
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Van Buren v. United States
The arguments about the scope of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act focused on the statute’s text and purpose—and some interesting hypotheticals. -
Winter 2020 Supplement for 'Bradley, Deeks, & Goldsmith, Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials'
The Winter 2020 Supplement for Bradley, Deeks, & Goldsmith, Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials (7th ed. 2020) is now available on Lawfare. -
The Lawfare Podcast: An Assassination in Iran
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How Easy Is it to Build a Robot Assassin?
Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh reportedly may have been assassinated using a remote-controlled machine gun. Such devices are unfortunately easy to construct.