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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As the role of special operations forces shift with U.S. grand strategy, it's time to reevaluate how they fit into the civilian oversight of the U.S. military.
The United States has choices to respond to the Russian bounty program in Afghanistan, but it's best options might be the ones people won't hear about.
Other agencies can better promote CVE initiatives by building bridges to communities and taking a less security-focused approach.
The United States finally has a capable partner in the Middle East, but with military competence comes increasing policy independence.
Telecommunications companies and rights groups can accomplish more by working together to push back internet disruptions.
The pandemic has reduced the Asia-Pacific’s limited capacity to deal with security contingencies and has exacerbated great-power tensions.
The United States risks falling behind on microelectronics, telecommunications and biotech, and the private sector can only do so much to help.
Countries won’t fight for oil in the South China Sea—or anywhere else.
The Trump administration is considering ending one of the few congressional checks on arms sales to foreign countries.
A label is different from enforcement—it's about sending a signal.