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Dispute Resolution Over Alleged Russian Breaches of the INF Treaty
President-elect Donald Trump spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone last Monday, agreeing to improve the “unsatisfactory” relations between the two nuclear powers. “The overall tone of the c... -
Trump’s Internet and How to Stop It
Masha Gessen is a pro-democracy activist and journalist born in Moscow who for years risked her freedom and more to stand up to Vladimir Putin’s regime. She now lives in New York. Shortly after last we... -
The Chess Clock Debates: Is There a Duty to Serve In Trump’s America?
We don’t normally post episodes of the Chess Clock Debates to Lawfare, as the show is not normally oriented towards national security issues. -
Should We Work with the Devil We Know against the Islamic State?
President-elect Donald Trump harshly criticized President Obama’s record on Syria: Obama, he claimed, allowed the Middle East to fall into chaos and let the Islamic State and other terrorist groups flour... -
“Deep Risk” under Trump: Bannon and Flynn Are a National Security Problem
In the weeks immediately following his historic 2008 win, President-elect Obama was careful not to elaborate on the foreign policy positions on which he had campaigned. Commentators noted his likely desi... -
My Lloyd Cutler Rule of Law Lecture: "Law and the Use of Force: Challenges for the Next President"
Last night, I gave the Sixth Annual Lloyd Cutler Lecture on Rule of Law at the Supreme Court, in which I spoke about the domestic and international law applicable to the use of military force by the next... -
Protecting the Republic: Securing Communications is More Important than Ever
For some time I have argued that encryption is a security versus security issue. Given our reliance on cyber, that is, our increasing intertwining of the physical world with network controls, I continue ... -
The Trump Presidency and America’s Challenge
Now that the United States has put its historic elections behind it, and as we go about examining the poll results, it’s clear that we cannot keep reducing the factors involved in facilitating the electi... -
President-Elect Trump Begins to Assemble His National Security Team
After a jerky start, the Trump transition appears to be well underway. As of this morning the President-elect has selected three key members of his national security team: Senator Jeff Sessions for Attor... -
Annals of the Trump Administration #2: Which Executive Orders and Directives Are Doomed?
What security-related executive orders are likely to be repealed in whole or in part soon after Donald Trump is sworn in as president? I list some obvious ones below, and will be happy to update the lis... -
Can President-Elect Trump “Dismantle” the JCPOA? It’s Complicated
“Sometimes it pays to be a little wild,” wrote Donald J. Trump, President-elect of the United States, in his 1987 bestseller The Art of the Deal. The outcome of last week’s Presidential election proved h... -
We’re Worried About the Baltics: What Does Trump’s Election Portend for these Tiny U.S. Allies?
Many U.S. allies have spent the last week pondering what Donald Trump’s election means for their foreign policy and national security. The tiny Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are surely ...
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