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Robert Chesney
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Teach and Write about Technology Law and Policy at the University of Texas, with the Strauss Center!
The Strauss Center at the University of Texas at Austin seeks an emerging leader in technology law and policy to join its team as an in-residence Technology Scholar...
Cyberspace and Instability: Reconceptualizing Instability
Lawfare Founding Editor Robert Chesney has a new edited collection, “Cyberspace and Instability,” published by Edinburgh University Press with co-editors James Shires and Max Smeets. ...
Call for Papers: AALS Annual Meeting
The AALS National Security Law Section is pleased to announce that we will host a “Current Voices in National Security Law” program during the 2023...
On the Legality of the Strike that Killed Anwar al-Zawahiri
Early in the morning on Sunday this past weekend, Ayman al-Zawahiri stepped out onto a balcony of a home in Kabul. It was something he’d...
On the Legality of the Strike that Killed Ayman al-Zawahiri
Early in the morning on Sunday this past weekend, Ayman al-Zawahiri stepped out onto a balcony of a home in Kabul. It was something he’d...
U.S. Cyber Command’s Annual Legal Conference
The annual legal conference hosted by U.S. Cyber Command has always been an interesting affair, but in the past it has been an in-person event...
Teach and Write about Cybersecurity Law and Policy at the University of Texas, with the Strauss Center!
The Strauss Center at the University of Texas at Austin seeks an emerging leader in cybersecurity law and policy to join its team as an in-residence Cybersecurity Fellow for...
Guantanamo, the Courts, and the Shrinking Scope of U.S. Military Detention Authority
On Oct. 19, Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia did something we have not seen in many a...
Call for Nominations: 2021 Mike Lewis Prize for National Security Law Scholarship
The Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas at Austin and Ohio Northern University’s Pettit College of Law (ONU), in...
SolarWinds and the Holiday Bear Campaign: A Case Study for the Classroom
Author’s Note: Have you been looking for a detailed-but-accessible case study of the Russian cyberespionage campaign that targeted SolarWinds (among others)? The following piece is...
TikTok, WeChat, and Biden’s New Executive Order: What You Need to Know
President Biden has issued an executive order revoking the sanctions President Trump famously imposed in August 2020 on TikTok and on WeChat (as well as...
Adapting to the Cyber Domain: Comparing U.S. and U.K. Institutional, Legal and Policy Innovations
Prime Minister Boris Johnson made it official in a statement to Parliament on Nov. 19, 2020. “I can announce that we have established a National...