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The Lawfare Podcast: Rebecca Herman on ‘Cooperating with the Colossus’

Today, the U.S. military maintains around 800 bases in installations around the world with around 75 of those in Latin America, including perhaps its most…

The Lawfare Podcast: Jed Purdy on Democratic Renewal

American democracy might look healthier in light of last week’s midterms, but there’s still a lot of skepticism across the political spectrum about how it’s…

Rational Security 2.0: The 'Raising a Wordcel' Edition

This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott talked through a big week of national security news, including: “Red Dead Redemption.” Expectations of a “red wave” in…

The Lawfare Podcast: Matt Tait on Cybersecurity in Ukraine

Matt Tait is a cybersecurity expert who has worked both in the private sector and for the British government at GCHQ, the UK’s intelligence, security,…

The Lawfare Podcast: Sophia Yan Explains How to Become a Dictator

Sophia Yan, pianist for the Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security, is also The Telegraph’s Beijing correspondent—or at least, she was until the other day. She’s…

The Lawfare Podcast: Georgii Dubynskyi on Ukraine’s Cybersecurity

Georgii Dubynskyi is the Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. It is a ministry set up to modernize government services for Ukrainians that has…

The Lawfare Podcast: The Midterms . . . So Far

On Tuesday, November 8, Americans finished casting their ballots in the midterm elections. Given that the president’s party typically performs poorly in the midterms, Democrats…

Rational Security 2.0: The 'Needle is BACK' Edition

This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by Brookings Institution Middle East expert Natan Sachs to talk over the week’s big (non-U.S. election) national…

The Lawfare Podcast: Why Did DHS Compile an Intelligence Report about Lawfare’s Editor in Chief?

In the summer of 2020, Lawfare’s editor in chief Benjamin Wittes found out that he had been the subject of intelligence reports compiled by the…

The Lawfare Podcast: Decentralized Social Media and the Great Twitter Exodus

It’s Election Day in the United States—so while you wait for the results to come in, why not listen to a podcast about the other…