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The Lawfare Podcast: Vanuatu's Big Climate Win with Melissa Stewart

The Republic of Vanuatu, a small island nation in the South Pacific, just won a big victory in New York City. At the end of…

The Lawfare Podcast: A TikTok Ban and the First Amendment

Over the past few years, TikTok has become a uniquely polarizing social media platform. On the one hand, millions of users, especially those in their…

Rational Security: The 'Signed Pol Pot Rookie Card' Edition

This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were reunited to discuss the perils of Nazi paraphernalia collecting, among other hot national security news stories from the…

The Lawfare Podcast: The Saudi-Iran Deal Featuring China

A few weeks ago, China made headlines for brokering a deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to thaw diplomatic relations after seven years of cutting…

The Lawfare Podcast: Rid and Toler on the Latest Megaleak

Thomas Rid is a Professor of Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Aric Toler is the Director of Research and…

The Lawfare Podcast: Craig Timberg on the Vulkan Files

Document leaking has been in the news lately—and not just stories about the leaking of U.S. intelligence documents. On March 30, 2023, the Washington Post…

The Lawfare Podcast: India’s Democracy Under Modi

On March 23, 2023, an Indian court found Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s principal opposition leader, Rahul Gandhi, guilty of defaming the Prime Minister and the…

The Lawfare Podcast: Rob Joyce, NSA Director of Cybersecurity

Rob Joyce is the Director of the Cybersecurity Directorate at the National Security Agency. He’s been NSA’s top cryptologic representative in the United Kingdom and…

Rational Security: The '24-Hour News Psychos' Edition

This week, Quinta and Scott were joined by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien to celebrate the return of the complete media madhouse and talk through…

The Lawfare Podcast: Finland Joins NATO, with Henri Vanhanen and Minna Ålander

Finland is in NATO. This week, the ratification was made complete, and the country joined the North Atlantic alliance. To talk through how it got…