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The Lawfare Podcast: The Christchurch Call, Two Years On

In March 2019, a shooter carried out two mass killings at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, livestreaming the first shooting on Facebook. Two months later,…

Rational Security: The Sedition Commission Edition

Fighting intensifies in Israel and Gaza as President Biden pleads for a cease fire. Lawmakers debate setting up a commission to investigate the Jan. 6…

The Lawfare Podcast: Russia Through the Spymaster’s Prism

Recent events have shown that Russian intelligence efforts against the United States and the West have continued since the end of the Cold War and…

The Lawfare Podcast: Celia Aniskovich and Pete Strzok Talk Spy Affair

Remember Maria Butina? She was the Russian graduate student at American University and gun enthusiast who was arrested for being an unregistered foreign agent shortly…

The Lawfare Podcast: After Trump, Episode 6: Getting It Done

In the final episode of “After Trump,” the six-part limited podcast series based on the book, “After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency,” by Bob Bauer and…

The Lawfare Podcast: Garland and Mayorkas on Domestic Violent Extremism with No Bull

On Wednesday, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testified on domestic violent extremism before the Senate Appropriations Committee. They talked…

The Lawfare Podcast: The Disinformation Nextdoor

This week on Arbiters of Truth, the Lawfare Podcast‘s series on our online information ecosystem, Evelyn Douek and Quinta Jurecic spoke with the journalist Will…

Rational Security: The 'Gas is the New Toilet Paper' Edition

The death toll rises in Israel and Gaza as a historic wave of violence enters its third day. A ransomware attack leads to the shutdown…

The Lawfare Podcast: Jerusalem on the Brink

The situation in Israel and the Palestinian Territories is growing heated. Protests over the forced dislocation of Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem have escalated into…

The Lawfare Podcast: Ignatius and Goldsmith on the Story of Kash Patel

David Ignatius, a columnist for the Washington Post, recently ran a lengthy column about the machinations of Kash Patel in the executive branch during the…