In this feature, Brookings senior fellow and terrorism expert Daniel Byman and deputy foreign policy editor Dana Stuster curate a weekly essay on foreign and military affairs of interest to national security legal practitioners and scholars. Although not specifically dealing with legal matters, the feature offers context and perspective to many of the debates that go on at the site regularly. Lawfare has always conceived of national security law broadly, because to practice it well, one needs to draw on a diversity of expertise in technical fields like communications technologies, robotics and economics. With The Foreign Policy Essay, Dan and Dana provide us with a window into the worlds of strategy, military operations, geopolitics, and whatever else grabs their interest on any given week.
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Recent conflicts in former Soviet states demonstrate the ways that Russia's grip in the region has slipped.
The Russian Aerospace Forces' offensive has been more accurate than often appreciated, but its effectiveness has been limited by Ukraine's careful preparation and response.
Discourse about "great power competition" is everywhere, but policymakers are often inconsistent or unclear about who fits the bill.
Bans targeting white supremacist organizations are increasing around the world. Germany's experience demonstrates how these bans can backfire.
The deeply flawed data underpinning the FBI's new report produces an extremely flawed understanding of hate crime trends across the country.
Stewart Rhodes' conviction will further undermine the organization he led, but sympathizers have other options.
Four months after Zawahiri was reportedly killed in a drone strike in Kabul, the terrorist organization still has not announced a successor.
New innovations in biotechnology are driving rapid changes that will have far-reaching consequences. The United States and its partners need to be at the forefront of these advances.
Extremist groups like the New Mexico Civil Guard are benefitting from iterative recruitment in online and offline spaces that bridge ideologies.
International rivalries can draw powerful states into local political disputes—sometimes with disastrous consequences—but the United States and China can avoid the mistakes of the Cold War.