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The Lawfare Podcast: A TikTok Tick Tock

TikTok has rapidly become one of the most popular apps for teenagers across the world for dancing, lip-syncing and sharing details about their lives. But…

Rational Security: The 'Specter or Mirage?' Edition

World leaders convene in Cornwall and Brussels as President Biden makes his first official trip abroad. Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have a face-to-face…

The Lawfare Podcast: Rep. Seth Moulton and Matt Zeller on Securing Visas for U.S. Partners in Afghanistan

The United States is quickly approaching its September deadline for a full military withdrawal from Afghanistan. As the U.S. completes its withdrawal, many Afghans who…

The Lawfare Podcast: The Justice Department, Congress and the Press

A spree of stories has emerged over the last week or so that the Justice Department under the prior administration obtained phone and email records…

The Lawfare Podcast: Jonathan Rauch on the Constitution of Knowledge

Public discourse is in bad shape these days. We all yell at and cancel each other on social media and college campuses, and politicians—especially those…

The Lawfare Podcast: Daniel Richman and Sarah Seo on Law Enforcement Federalism

Daniel Richman and Sarah Seo are professors at Columbia Law School, and they are co-authors of a recent article on Lawfare entitled, “Toward a New…

The Lawfare Podcast: The Empire (Facebook) Strikes Back (at the Oversight Board’s Trump Decision)

If you’ve listened to this show, you’ve probably read a fair number of news stories—and maybe even listened to some podcast episodes—about the Facebook Oversight…

Rational Security: The 'I’m Not Saying It’s Aliens' Edition

Bibi Netanyahu may be out of a job. Alleged drug lords and contract killers thought they were using a secure messaging app but WOOPS, they…

The Lawfare Podcast: Michel Paradis on Sexual Assault and Reforming the Military Justice System

For years, Congress and the Defense Department have debated how best to handle the pernicious problem of sexual assault in the military. Now, a bipartisan…

The Lawfare Podcast: Alicia Wanless on What's Wrong with the Discussion of Influence Operations

Alicia Wanless is the director of the Partnership for Countering Influence Operations at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and she has a beef with…