Matthew Waxman is a law professor at Columbia Law School, where he co-chairs the Program on Law and National Security. He is also co-chair of the Cybersecurity Center at Columbia University’s Data Science Institute, as well as Adjunct Senior Fellow for Law and Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. He previously served in senior policy positions at the State Department, Defense Department, and National Security Council. After graduating from Yale Law School, he clerked for Judge Joel M. Flaum of the U.S. Court of Appeals and Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter
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How a dispute between Harry Truman and congressional skeptics established presidential authorities that are unquestioned today.
John Bolton’s approach to interdicting weapons of mass destruction might offer a useful model for promoting cybersecurity cooperation.
British Attorney General Jeremy Wright delivered public remarks describing the U.K. position on cyber and international law. This is an important step in developing and defending interpretations of existing international frameworks as applied to cyber.
The new national security adviser is a formidable tactician and negotiator. That’s what makes him dangerous
A look at why the law should be considered when it comes to threats of force against North Korea.
A review of Noah Feldman’s “The Three Lives of James Madison,” (Random House, 2017).
A review of Noah Feldman’s “The Three Lives of James Madison,” (Random House, 2017).