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The Lawfare Podcast: Sasha O'Connell on Turning a Ship Like the FBI
Sasha O'Connell is Executive in Residence in the School of Public Affairs at American University, as well as AU's director of the Terrorism and Homeland Security Policy Masters program. She also had a lo... -
Bringing Russia’s New Nuclear Weapons Into New START
The last treaty that limits the United States’s and Russia’s nuclear weapons, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), will expire in February 2021 unless both states agree to its extension. ... -
McGahn Case Related to Grand Jury Document Requests, Judiciary Committee Argues
The House Committee on the Judiciary filed a response to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia’s order to show reasoning for why the committee’s motion to compel former White House counsel... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
The Hong Kong airport canceled more than 150 flights after thousands of demonstrators flooded the airport on Monday in continuing protests over opposition to the Hong Kong government, following demonstra... -
How Many Central Americans are Traveling North? An Update
Every month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Mexico's National Migration Institute (Instituto Nacional de Migración, INM) release their migration apprehension numbers that chart the movement... -
The Week That Will Be
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How the Indian Government Changed the Legal Status of Jammu and Kashmir
The disputed territory of the Kashmir Valley has long been a cause of tension and armed conflict between India and Pakistan. The United Nations has stated it could be “one of the most militarized zones i... -
India’s Move in Kashmir: Unpacking the Domestic and International Motivations and Implications
On Aug. 5, the Indian government announced that the “special status” accorded to the state Jammu and Kashmir—which includes Ladakh—was no more. -
What If the House Held Impeachment Proceedings and Nobody Noticed?
Is the country in the midst of an impeachment process or not? -
A New Source of U.S. Influence in Iraq
Editor’s Note: U.S. influence in Iraq, uneven in the best of times, often suffers from a lack of leverage. As a result, the United States has found it harder to counter Iran’s influence, fight terrorism,... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes shared the fourth episode of The Report, Lawfare’s podcast series telling the story contained in Robert Mueller’s 448-page report. The series is available on all major... -
Last Week at the Military Commissions: The Defense Moves on the Classification Review Process
With a new judge presiding, the military commission in United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, et al. (the 9/11 military commission) reconvened July 22-26. See here for previous coverage on Lawfare.
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