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The Lawfare Podcast: What the Hell Happened in Russia?

It was a heck of a weekend in Russia. There was an insurrection, kind of? A coup, sort of? A column of troops led by...

The Lawfare Podcast: Bulelani Jili on Africa’s Demand for and Adoption of Chinese Surveillance Technologies

Countries across Africa are procuring and employing surveillance tools from China. This trend is a product of China’s diplomatic strategy, its technological ambitions, and growing...

The Lawfare Podcast: Large Language Negligence

As large language models like ChatGPT play an increasingly important role in our society, there will no doubt be examples of them causing harm. Lawsuits...

Rational Security: The 'Even Stephan' Edition

This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by UVA Law Professor Paul Stephan to talk through the close-calls in this week’s national security news,...

The Lawfare Podcast: Richard Gowan on the U.S. Push for UN Security Council Reform

At the United Nations, Russia’s obstruction of efforts to respond to its invasion of Ukraine is finally sparking serious interest in an issue that has...

The Lawfare Podcast: Protests, the Police, and the Press

Carolyn Cole, a Pulitzer-Prize winning staff photographer for the Los Angeles Times, has covered wars and other conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Kosovo, Liberia, Sudan,...

The Lawfare Podcast: Stephanie Pell and Brian Kalt on How the Trump Indictment Will Affect the Trump Campaign and the Potential Trump Presidency

Last November, President Trump became candidate Trump when he formally announced his campaign to retake the White House in 2024. And when, earlier this month,...

The Lawfare Podcast: Michael Gerrard on Held v. Montana

On Monday, 16 young plaintiffs—between the ages of 5 and 22—walked into a packed courtroom in Helena, Montana, to sue their government. At issue is a...

Rational Security: The 'You Want Her in The Line—You NEED Her in The Line' Edition

This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by Lawfare Legal Fellow Anna Bower fresh from the Miami court system to discuss the week’s yuge...

The Lawfare Podcast: We Need To Talk About the Espionage Act

The first 31 counts of the Trump Mar-a-Lago indictment all are under the Espionage Act, which has led to a lot of confusion because Trump...

The Lawfare Podcast: Debriefing with Anna Bower

Donald Trump was arraigned Tuesday in Miami, FL, in connection with the Mar-a-Lago indictment. Lawfare‘s Fulton County Correspondent Anna Bower was in the courtroom and...

The Lawfare Podcast: Read With Me: The Trump Indictment

This weekend, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes had a conversation on Read With Me, a by-subscription-only podcast associated with Ben’s Substack Dog Shirt Daily. In this...