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Lawfare Profile in the New York Times Magazine
This morning, Emily Bazelon of the New York Times Magazine wrote a thoughtful profile of Lawfare: “How a Wonky National-Security Blog Hit the Big Time.” The piece reflects some of the wild year we’ve had... -
Hoover Book Soiree: Graeme Wood's The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5-7 pm on Tuesday, March 28, when Ben will interview Graeme Wood on his new book, The Way of the Strangers: Encounter... -
Sanctuary 101, Part II: What Is a “Sanctuary Jurisdiction”? Let's Stop Mystifying the Answer
[This is Part II in a four-part series that sets out to clarify the continuing confusion around sanctuary cities. Start with Part I.] -
Sanctuary 101, Part I: What Trump’s Executive Order Doesn’t Do, Cannot Do, and Has Little To Do With
A month after President Trump issued his January 25, 2017 executive order, “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States,” there remains a great deal of confusion: about what qualifies as... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times reports that the Trump administration is looking into loosening Obama-era constraints intended to prevent civilian deaths from counterterrorism missions outside conventional war zones.... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, March 13th at 2pm: James Kirchick will launch his new book, entitled The End of Europe: Dictators, Demagogues, and the Coming Dark Age a... -
Two Is Company, Three Is a Crowd: The Iran Factor in the Changing U.S.-Russia Relationship
Editor’s Note: President Trump came into office seemingly determined to improve U.S.-Russia relations, with fighting the Islamic State high on the mutual agenda. Standing in the way of better cooperation... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
President Trump got us started this week by tweeting that former President Barack Obama had ordered a “tapp” of his phones during the presidential election. Benjamin Wittes asked ten questions that were ... -
Hoover National Security and Law Associate
The Hoover Institution is looking for its next National Security and Law Associate, the position currently occupied by Jane Chong. The work includes extensive writing and editing for Lawfare. The job ... -
International Law & Nineteenth-Century American Empire
PDF version Matthew Waxman reviews Deborah A. Rosen’s Border Law: The First Seminole War and American Nationhood (Harvard Univ. Press, 2015) and Benjamin Allen Coates’s Legalist Empire: International La... -
The Week That Will Be
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Should the Acting Attorney General Provide FISA Court Orders to White House Counsel?
In his perplexing tweetstorm yesterday, possibly prompted by nothing more than some blend of Mark Levin and Breitbart, President Trump accused former President Obama of wiretapping him in Trump Tower bef...
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