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Jen Patja Howell
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Rational Security: 'The Longest War is Ending' Edition
President Biden announces that all U.S. military forces will be out of Afghanistan by Sept. 11. A blackout at an Iranian nuclear facility is widely…
The Lawfare Podcast: Identifying and Exploiting the Weaknesses of White Supremacist Groups
A lot of people are expressing anxiety about white supremacist violent terrorism, yet in a new Brookings paper entitled “Identifying and Exploiting the Weaknesses of…
The Lawfare Podcast: The Continuing Threat of White Extremism
From the countless attacks on ethnic and religious minorities that have taken place in recent months to the January 6 riot on Capitol Hill, acts…
The Lawfare Podcast: After Trump, Episode 1: Follow the Money
On this special edition of the Lawfare Podcast, we’re turning over our feed to the new podcast series, “After Trump,” produced by Lawfare in collaboration…
The Lawfare Podcast: Alex Vindman on the Escalation in Ukraine
Tensions are heating up between Russia and Ukraine, seven years after the seizure by the Russians of the Crimean Peninsula and the incursions into Eastern…
The Lawfare Podcast: The Truth About Conspiracy Theories
If you’re listening to this podcast, the odds are that you’ve heard a lot about QAnon recently—and you might even have read some alarming reporting…
Rational Security: The 'Scoop d’etat' Edition
Jordanian authorities mount arrests and detain a member of the royal family in what authorities called a threat to “security and stability” in the country,…
The Lawfare Podcast: A Royal Crisis in the Kingdom of Jordan
This past weekend, an exceptional series of events rocked the normally quiet nation of Jordan as an apparent schism between members of the country’s royal…
The Lawfare Podcast: Natan Sachs on the Israeli Governance Crisis
Natan Sachs is a Brookings senior fellow and the head of the Brookings Center for Middle East Policy, part of the Brookings Foreign Policy program….
The Lawfare Podcast: Jacob Schulz and Justin Sherman on the New Zealand Report
Two years ago, a gunman opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing dozens of innocent people. Last December, the government of New…