Jen Patja Howell

Throughout human history, democracies have been the exception, not the rule, and that’s been doubly true for ethnically, religiously or linguistically diverse societies. But these…

Scott R. Anderson is a senior editor at Lawfare, a fellow at the Brookings Institution and a senior fellow with the National Security Law Program…

American political life is defined by what can seem like a paradox. Our society is incredibly politically polarized, but our parties are as weak as…

The internet is increasingly emerging as a source for identification and documentation of war crimes, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine has devastatingly proven yet…

This week, Alan, Quinta and Scott were joined by Lawfare managing editor Jacob Schulz to hash through some of the week’s big national security news,…

Over the weekend, France held the first round of its presidential elections for 2022. The result was that the same two candidates as last time…

Over the weekend, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, a former international cricket star who later ascended to the role of prime minister, was removed from…

The period after Watergate and President Nixon’s resignation saw an unprecedented barrage of congressional efforts at reforming the executive branch. The period after Donald Trump’s…

Last week on Lawfare Live, Jacob Schulz sat down with Andrew Mines, a research fellow at George Washington University’s Program on Extremism. Mines helps lead…

We’re taking a look back at one of the stranger stories about social media platforms and the role of the press in the last presidential…