An appellate court just held secret proceedings relating to former President Trump’s unlawful possession of classified documents at record-breaking speed. Why is a mystery…
Stephen Kotkin is a legendary historian, currently at Hoover, previously at Princeton. Best known for his Stalin biographies, his other works include Uncivil Society, Magnetic Mountain, and Armageddon Averted.
Our discussion on China is far-ranging yet in-depth — we manage to pack in:
We’re back with a Spring Break edition, featuring:
ICC cases emerging against Russian defendants for (1) removing children from Ukraine to Russia and (2) attacking civilian infrastructure A UK drone strike in Syria, a US drone strike in Yemen, and a US drone struck (by the Russians) Renewal of Section 702 and the Rep. LaHood story TikTok, CFIUS, and the RESTRICT Act Another GTMO transfer Possible repeal of the 2002 and 1991 Iraq AUMFsAnd an early start to the annual Mets demoralization process.
This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott waited for a big shoe to drop by talking over the week's big national security news, including:
In the letter, Bragg explains that the Republicans’ allegation that the DA’s office is pursuing a prosecution of Trump for political purposes is “unfounded.”
A former president accused of treason. Talk of secession. Concerns about the lack of accountability for insurrection. These issues appear in headlines today, but we've been here before--in the 1860s.
The latest episode of the Cyberlaw Podcast.
Ahead of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s testimony to the House, two new bills to place restrictions on TikTok and non-U.S. tech companies are in the mix.
At the outset of the invasion, analysts doubted Ukraine’s likelihood of winning a war against Russia. But as the conflict enters its second year, Ukraine’s resistance prompts a challenge to revisionist and traditionalist conceptions of “just war”—specifically, for the condition of “success.”
The open nature of the internet has allowed malicious actors to abuse technology. Information operations, offensive cyber, and IP theft are just some examples of this misuse. The Biden administration has pursued an industrial policy that hopes to counter the weaponization of globalized systems. This approach includes technology subsidies, export controls, and rethinking supply chains. But this approach could undermine efforts to advance global rules and values.
The Supreme Court appears unlikely to significantly alter immunity for digital platforms. How could Congress go about constructing a balanced knowledge liability system?
As government policy moves toward more binding rules for cybersecurity, how should they be enforced? Self-assessment and self-certification are not likely to suffice.
On December 31, 2023, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) will expire unless it is reauthorized by Congress. Section 702 authorizes the U.S. government, in order to obtain foreign intelligence information, to target foreigners who are reasonably believed to be outside of the U.S. and collect their communications inside the U.S. without a warrant—even when such surveillance may involve the incidental collection of communications of U.S. persons.
The third annual Cybersecurity Law and Policy Scholars Conference (CLPSC) will take place at the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University on September 29-30, 2023.
A flood of interviews and writing by former Jan. 6 investigators reveals key points about what the committee’s report does and doesn’t contain.
The update to the 2012 directive provides clarity and establishes transparent governance and policy, rather than making substantial changes.
By many accounts, the United States is living through a new era of competition—not just between major powers and strategic rivals, but between ideologies. Around the world, many authoritarian governments seem to be on the rise, even as many liberal democracies are facing a crisis of confidence, including, by some accounts, here in the United States.
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Following a monthslong investigation, the former president’s legal team has submitted a motion to suppress the Georgia special purpose grand jury’s final report.
Jordan, Comer, and Steil described the potential indictment of the former president as an “unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial authority.”