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Don't Expect Trump to Testify Anytime Soon
Multiple news organizations have reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s “team could interview Trump soon on some limited portion of questions—possibly -
Document: 2018 National Defense Strategy Summary
Below is the declassified summary of the 2018 National Defense Strategy: -
The Scope of the Endless War After One Year Under Trump
“We don’t know exactly where we’re at in the world militarily and what we’re doing,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of the Senate’s most knowledgeable military experts, about U.S. global counterterrorism ... -
The President Is Wrong to Accuse the FBI of Treason
With all of the attention paid to President Donald Trump’s confusing tweets about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and his profane description of African nations, another comment he made recentl... -
On Donald Trump’s ‘Playbook’ and His Refusal to Commit to an Interview with the Special Counsel
So what to make of President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he may not submit to an interview with the special counsel? He has said that he will wait and see, and that he plans to consult with “the attor... -
To Strengthen Trump’s National Security Approach, Promote Human Rights
In a series of tweets on New Year’s Eve, President Donald Trump expressed strong support for Iranians protesting against their autocratic regime. He added that the United States would be “watching very c... -
The President-as-Plaintiff, the Republican Party and the Battering of Norms
President Donald Trump’s resort to threatened litigation against Steve Bannon and the author and publisher of Fire and Fury brought more attention to the book but it did not, and could not, succeed in su... -
China’s Endgame: The Path Towards Global Leadership
Dueling high level strategy documents in both the United States and China portend an intensifying competition for leadership and influence at the global systemic level. The coming years are likely to see... -
Will an Amendment to Israel's National Security Law Change the Rules of the Game?
The constitutional authority over the use of force by the United States has been a subject of ongoing legal and political debates, including on Lawfare. There are disagreements about the proper scope of ... -
A Tribute to Doug Letter
In both the runup to and in the wake of Donald Trump’s election as President, I spent a lot of time counseling career Justice Department attorneys—along with people contemplating jobs at the department—a... -
Impeachment-Proof? The President's Unconstitutional Abuse of His Constitutional Powers
In September, I identified four myths that dog discussions about presidential impeachment. Perhaps the most persistent and surprisingly consequential of these myths is the notion that impeachment and rem... -
‘Other than that Mrs. Lincoln …’
The apocryphal joke is rather crude: “Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?”
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