The Lawfare Podcast

Lawfare Daily: Terrorism and Insurgency in sub-Saharan Africa

13 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For today's episode, Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman sits down with Holly Berkley Fletcher, former CIA Africa anal...

Lawfare Daily: Russian PMCs Update with Candace Rondeaux

12 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Candace Rondeaux, the founder and principal of Frontline Atlas, an independent geopolitical risk intelligence hub; a professor with the Future Securit...

Lawfare Daily: What the War Powers Resolution Means for Iran

11 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In February, the Trump administration launched Operation Epic Fury in Iran—without congressional approval. The War Powers Resolution is supposed to ...

Lawfare Archive: Pam Samuelson on Copyright's Threat to Generative AI

10 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From July 17, 2023: The only thing more impressive than the performance of generative AI systems like GPT-4 and Stable Diffusion is the sheer volume o...

Lawfare Archive: Orin Kerr on the Digital Fourth Amendment

09 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From January 9, 2025: Jack Goldsmith sits down with Orin Kerr, a Professor at Stanford Law School, to discuss his new book, “The Digital Fourth...

Lawfare Daily: The Supreme Court’s Long Shadow with Steve Vladeck and Kate Klonick

08 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On May 7, Lawfare Senior Editor Kate Klonick sat down for a live discussion on Substack with Steve Vladeck, a professor of law at the Georgetown Unive...

Rational Security: The “I’ve Never Done THAT Before!” Edition

07 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Molly Roberts, Roger Parloff, and Tyler McBrien to talk through the week’s big national securi...

Lawfare Daily: An Insider’s Account of the Trump Administration’s Dismantling of USAID

07 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s podcast, Lawfare Associate Editor for Communications Anna Hickey talks to Nicholas Enrich, former acting assistant administrator of Globa...

Lawfare Daily: Patrick Radden Keefe on ‘London Falling’

06 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Patrick Radden Keefe, a staff writer at the New Yorker and the author of “Say Nothing” and “Empire of Pain,” sits down with Law...

Lawfare Daily: Chatting on Chatrie with Adam Unikowsky, Michael Dreeben, and Richard Salgado

05 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lawfare Senior Editor Kate Klonick speaks with former Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben; lecturer in law at Stanford, Richard Sa...

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, May 1

04 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower, Molly Roberts, and Roger P...

Lawfare Archive: Carrie Cordero and Paul Rosenzweig Weigh in on Comey

03 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From June 9, 2017: As the dust settles following former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, the...

Lawfare Archive: Bananas and Corporate Accountability for Human Rights

02 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From June 26, 2024: On June 10, the jury reached a verdict in the federal trial against Chiquita Banana. It found that the company had financed a para...

Scaling Laws: Identifying the Myths and Facts of AI's Environmental Impact with Gavin McCormick 

01 May 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Scaling Laws, we explore how the "black box" of global greenhouse gas emissions is being cracked open by artificial intelligence an...

Rational Security: The “Tavern Style” Edition

30 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Executive Editor Natalie Orpett and Contributing Editors Ariane Tabatabai and Joel Braunold, to ...

Lawfare Daily: The Dangers of Privatized, Automated Immigration Enforcement

30 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien sits down with Chinmayi Sharma, an associate professor at Fordham Law School and a contributing editor...

Lawfare Daily: The Explosive Mystery That Rocked Rural Georgia

29 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In 1979, a man using a pseudonym built a strange monument in Elberton, Georgia. Called “America’s Stonehenge" by some, the massive granite monolit...

Lawfare Daily: The Shadowy World of Ransomware with Professor Anja Shortland

28 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lawfare Book Review Editor Jonathan Cedarbaum sits down with Anja Shortland, professor of political economy at King's College London, to discuss ...

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, April 24

27 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower, Eric Columbus, and Roger P...

Lawfare Archive: Elle Reeve on "Black Pill" and Alt-Right Internet Culture

26 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From December 17, 2024: CNN correspondent Elle Reeve has spent the last decade reporting on extremism in the United States. Her book, "Black Pill...

Lawfare Archive: When Lawyers Spread Disinformation

25 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From August 5, 2022: A few weeks ago on Arbiters of Truth, our series on the online information system, we brought you a conversation with two emergen...

Lawfare Daily: The TPS Cases at the Supreme Court, with Geoffrey Pipoly and Andrew Tauber

24 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Geoffrey Pipoly and Andrew Tauber, partners at the Bryan Cave law firm, speak with Senior Editor Roger Parloff about their case, known at the Supreme ...

Lawfare Daily: Breaking Down the Lebanon Ceasefire

23 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sits down with several leading experts to break down the recent ceasefire between Lebanon ...

Lawfare Daily: ‘The Criminal State’ with Lawrence Douglas

22 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s episode, Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien sits down with Lawrence Douglas, the James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurispr...

Lawfare Daily: DOJ’s Very Online Civil Rights Head, with Quinta Jurecic and Anna Bower

21 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In her recent profile of Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Department of Justice, The Atlantic’s Quinta J...

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, April 17

20 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Molly Roberts, Eric Columbus, and Roge...

Lawfare Archive: Hunter Marston on the South China Sea

19 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From October 25, 2024: Hunter Marston, PhD candidate at the Australian National University and Southeast Asia Associate at 9DashLine, joins Kevin Fraz...

Lawfare Archive: The New January 6 Reports

18 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From January 6, 2025: On today’s podcast, Lawfare Senior Editor and Brookings Senior Fellow Molly Reynolds is joined by Quinta Jurecic, a ...

Lawfare Daily: The Justice Department Throws Out the Proud Boys and Oath Keeper Cases

17 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Justice Department has moved the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to drop the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys seditious conspiracy cases, the last remain...

Lawfare Daily: Crypto, Corruption, and Cons, with Ben McKenzie

16 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ben McKenzie, co-author of “Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud,” and writer and director of the new docume...

Lawfare Daily: Frank Dikötter on the Early Years of Chinese Communism

15 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lawfare Senior Editor Michael Feinberg and historian Frank Dikötter, the author of “Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of Human...

Lawfare Daily: Sam Altman with Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz

14 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Senior Editor Kate Klonick interviews reporters Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on their recent article in the New Yorker, titled “Sam Altman M...

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, April 10

13 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Molly Roberts, Eric Columbus, and Roge...

Lawfare Archive: Aram Gavoor on the Biden Administration’s AI National Security Memo

12 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From October 28, 2024: Aram Gavoor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at GW Law, joins Kevin Frazier, Senior Research Fellow in the Constitutional S...

Lawfare Archive: Election Anxieties and the U.S. Postal Service with Kevin Kosar and Anne Joseph O’Connell

11 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From September 1, 2020: On August 13, President Trump said in a news interview that he opposed supplemental funding for the United States Postal Servi...

Scaling Laws: How to Use, Govern, and Lead on AI? Rep. Begich Points the Path Forward

10 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Representative Nick Begich, Alaska's at-large member of Congress, joins Kevin Frazier, Director of the AI Innovation and Law Program at the University...

Rational Security: The “Deeply Iran-ic” Edition

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Daniel Byman, Tyler McBrien, and Natalie Orpett to talk through aspects of the week’s biggest ...

Lawfare Daily: Katherine Pompilio on Tracking Government Non-Compliance in Habeas Corpus Cases

09 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

What does it look like when the government violates court orders in more than 350 separate immigration habeas cases?On today’s episode, Lawfare Seni...

Lawfare Daily: Yaqiu Wang on Surveillance, Censorship, and Emerging Technologies in the PRC

08 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lawfare Senior Editor Michael Feinberg sits down with human rights advocate Yaqiu Wang to discuss the role of emerging technologies in China’s surve...

Lawfare Daily: Arne Westad on ‘The Coming Storm’

07 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lawfare Senior Editor Michael Feinberg and Professor Arne Westad of Yale University, author of “The Coming Storm: Power, Conflict, and Warnings from...

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, April 3

06 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Molly Roberts, Anna Bower, and Roger P...

Lawfare Archive: A World Without Caesars

05 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From March 14, 2025: This episode of the Lawfare Podcast features Glen Weyl, economist and author at Microsoft Research; Jacob Mchangama, Executi...

Lawfare Archive: How to Steal a Presidential Election

04 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From March 4, 2024: As the 2024 presidential election approaches, a vital question is whether the legal architecture governing the election is well cr...

Lawfare Daily: The Privacy Law That's Supposed To Be Protecting Us Online Turns 40

03 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which is designed to protect users' privacy—including privacy online—turned 40 this year. On March 6, L...

Rational Security: The "Chicken Sh*t Bingo" Edition

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Senior Editors Anna Bower, Kevin Frazier, and Kate Klonick to talk through the week’s big news...

Lawfare Daily: Beyond the Headlines: A History of U.S.-Iran Relations

02 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Ariane Tabatabai sits down with historian, John Ghazvinian, the author of, “America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present,” to...

Lawfare Daily: Joel Braunold on West Bank Violence and Israel’s New Lebanon Offensive

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For today’s episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sits down with Joel Braunold, the Managing Director of the Center Project, for the late...

Lawfare Daily: What’s Influencing Politics Online? X’s Algorithm, Creators, and the New Persuasion Machine

31 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Lawfare Contributing Editor Renée DiResta speaks with Nathaniel Lubin, co-author of “How Social Media Creators Shape Mass Politics...

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 27

30 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Molly Roberts, Anna Bower, and Roger P...

Lawfare Archive: Tom Kent on the Dismantling of American Government Broadcasting

29 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From March 25, 2025: Tom Kent ran Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is a longtime Russia watcher. He talks to Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benj...

Lawfare Archive: The New Syrian Government and Its Problems

28 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From March 19, 2025: For today's episode, Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman interviewed Steven Heydemann, the Director of the Middl...

Lawfare Daily: How Two Intelligence Community Veterans View the Iran Conflict, with Chip Usher and Aaron Faust

27 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On today's episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sits down with two veterans of the intelligence community to get their take on the ongoing...

Rational Security: The “Authentic Flavors, Real Fruit” Edition

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Molly Roberts, Tyler McBrien, and Renée DiResta to talk through the week’s big national secur...

Lawfare Daily: The Military Domestic Deployment Legal Framework: Are the Laws Fit for Purpose?

26 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Loren Voss, Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, sits down with Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Linda Singh, former Adjutant General of Maryland, and Chris Mirasol...

Lawfare Daily: CPPA’s Tom Kemp on Data Brokers, Privacy, and State Enforcement

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Kemp, executive director of the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), joins Lawfare’s Justin Sherman to discuss California’s new Delete...

Lawfare Live: A Hearing on Anthropic's Preliminary Injunction Motion

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Following the March 24 hearing in Anthropic's suit challenging its supply chain designation on the AI company's request for a preliminary injunction,&...

Lawfare Daily: The Gulf Widens

24 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

As the U.S.-Israel war with Iran continues, it is playing out across the Middle East, particularly in Gulf Arab states and the Strait of Hormuz.In thi...

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 20

23 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Molly Roberts, Anna Bower, Eric Columb...

Lawfare Archive: TikTok Ban at the Supreme Court

22 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From January 13, 2025: In a live conversation on January 10, Lawfare Tarbell Fellow in Artificial Intelligence Kevin Frazier talked to&...

Lawfare Archive: Accountability for Abu Ghraib

21 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From December 23, 2024: On today's podcast, Lawfare Executive Editor Natalie Orpett talks with Michael Posner, a professor of business and h...

Lawfare Daily: Can the President Declare an Elections Emergency?

20 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

A draft executive order has been floating around that would assert presidential control over elections all over the country. Lawfare Editor in Chief B...

Rational Security: The “Take a Light Out of Crime” Edition

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Benjamin Wittes, Natalie Orpett, and Ariane Tabatabai to talk through the week’s big news in n...

Lawfare Daily: Iran Will Retaliate in the U.S., and We May Not See It in Time

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Lawfare Public Service Fellow Troy Edwards joins Lawfare Senior Editor Michael Feinberg to discuss Iran’s history of drawing from a...

Lawfare Daily: National Security, Counterintelligence, and Counterespionage: A Guide for the Perplexed

18 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In today's episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Michael Feinberg sits down with his former FBI colleague retired Assistant Special Agent in Charge Derek Pie...

Lawfare Daily: Inside Iran's Complicated Relationship with Russia

17 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s episode, Lawfare’s Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina talks to an expert on Russian foreign policy in the Middle East, Director of the ...

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 13

16 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Scott R. Anderson, Eric Columbus, Roge...

Lawfare Archive: Elliot Jones on the Importance and Current Limitations of AI Testing

15 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From August 30, 2024: Elliot Jones, a Senior Researcher at the Ada Lovelace Institute, joins Kevin Frazier, Assistant Professor at St. Thomas Universi...

Lawfare Archive: Steve Coll on Saddam Hussein and the Limits of American Power in the Middle East

14 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From September 26, 2024: Steve Coll’s latest book, “The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq...

Lawfare Daily: The State of Syria, with Charles Lister

13 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For today’s episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sits down with Charles Lister, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute a...

Rational Security: The “Stop Cap” Edition

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Kate Klonick, Molly Roberts, and Troy Edwards to talk through the week’s big national security...

Lawfare Daily: Matt Olsen Talks Iran, the Justice Department, and FISA 702

12 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Former Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matt Olsen joins Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes to discuss the terrorist threat from ...

Lawfare Daily: Does the U.S. Have a Drone Defense Problem?

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

On today’s episode, Lawfare’s Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina talks to Fabian Hoffman, a missile expert and author of Missile Matters, and seni...

Lawfare Daily: “I’m angry that I exist”: Nihilistic Violent Extremism with Seamus Hughes and Jacob Ware

10 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Seamus Hughes, a senior research faculty member at the University of Nebraska-Omaha’s National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Educatio...

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, March 6

09 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Roger Parloff, Molly Roberts, and Alan...

Lawfare Archive: The National Security Law Podcast Guys Talk Soleimani

08 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From January 11, 2020: As part of Lawfare's continuing coverage of the killing of Iranian Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani, we are bringing you...

Lawfare Archive: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Israel, Iran

07 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From October 2, 2024: Israel has hit Hezbollah very hard over the past few days, killing much of its senior leadership and eroding its capabilities. I...

Scaling Laws: Can AI Make AI Regulation Cheaper?, with Cullen O'Keefe and Kevin Frazier

06 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Alan Rozenshtein, research director at Lawfare, spoke with Cullen O'Keefe, research director at the Institute for Law & AI, and Kevin Frazier...

Rational Security: The “Attacking Iran” Special Edition

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Benjamin Wittes, Daniel Byman, and Ari Tabatabai for an in-depth discussion of the U.S. military...

Lawfare Daily: The Trial of the North Texas Antifa Cell

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Brzozowski, formerly of the Justice Department; Lawfare Public Service Fellow Troy “LT” Edwards; and Steven Monacelli, an investigative corres...

Lawfare Daily: The Tariffs Decision and What Comes Next

04 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

For today’s episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sits down with three leading scholars from the Georgetown University Law Cent...

Lawfare Daily: The Pentagon Designates Anthropic as a Supply Chain Risk

03 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a live conversation on March 2, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes spoke to Lawfare Senior Editor and Research Director Alan Rozenshtein about...

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Feb. 27

02 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Scott R. Anderson, Roger Parloff, Moll...

Lawfare Live: U.S. and Israel Strike Iran

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

At 9 am ET on March 1, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Public Service Fellows Ariane Tabatabai and Troy Edwards Lawfare ...

Lawfare Archive: Stephanie Leutert on Violence in Mexico and Central America

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From October 8, 2016: Stephanie Leutert, the Mexico Security Initiative Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin and the author of Lawfare's&n...

Lawfare Archive: Trump’s Tariffs and the Law

28 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From February 27, 2025: For today’s episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sat down with Kathleen Claussen, an expert in interna...

Lawfare Daily: Patronage Pardons: A Conversation with Prof. Lee Kovarsky about a Novel Feature of the Trump Administration

27 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lee Kovarsky, an endowed chair professor at the University of Texas School of Law, speaks with Senior Editor Roger Parloff about patronage pardons, th...

Lawfare Live: Unpacking the Kilmar Abrego Garcia Hearing with Anna Bower

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a Feb. 26 Lawfare Live, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes and Lawfare Senior Editor Anna Bower discussed the evidentiary hearing in the Kilma...

Rational Security: The “Off the Rails” Edition

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Scott was joined by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien, Lawfare Senior Editor Molly Roberts, and University of Virginia Professor of Law...

Lawfare Daily: The State of IHL

26 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Loren Voss, Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, sits down with Stuart Casey Maslen, the head of the IHL in Focus project at the Geneva Academy of Intern...

Lawfare Daily: Are We Going to War in Iran?

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lawfare Public Service Fellow Ariane Tabatabai and Eric Brewer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative join Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes in a disc...

Lawfare Daily: Ideology, Action, and Terrorism in the 1970s

24 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Senior Editor Michael Feinberg is joined by Jason Burke of The Guardian, the author of “The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists who Hij...

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Feb. 20

23 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Eric Columbus, Roger Parloff, and Anna...

Lawfare Archive: Nick Bednar on Trump's Civil Service Executive Orders

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From January 28, 2025: In today’s episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Alan Z. Rozenshtein speaks with his University of Minnesota Law colleague...

Lawfare Archive: Are the Courts Ready for a Trump Presidency?

21 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

From February 13, 2025: Only a few weeks have passed since inauguration, but President Trump's barrage of executive orders has already generated ...

Scaling Laws: Claude's Constitution, with Amanda Askell

20 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Alan Rozenshtein, research director at Lawfare, and Kevin Frazier, senior editor at Lawfare, speak with Amanda Askell, head of personality alignment a...

Rational Security: The “Sects, Lies, and Twin Peaks” Edition

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Scott sat down with his foreign-policy-minded colleagues Daniel Byman, Michael Feinberg, and Ari Tabatabai to talk through some recent big ...

Lawfare Daily: Challenging Immigration Detentions in Minnesota

19 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

The dramatic influx of immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota have landed an enormous number of people in detention. It's led to an unprecedente...

Lawfare Daily: National Security Regulation of Technology and Data Transactions  

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Lawfare Book Review Editor Jonathan Cedarbaum sits down with Justin Sherman, the CEO of Global Cyber Strategies, to discuss his new book, "Navigating ...

Lawfare Daily: Ukraine After Year One of Trump’s Second Term, with Eric Ciaramella and Francis Farrell

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Ciaramella of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Francis Farrell, a reporter at the Kyiv Independent who covers military and secu...

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Feb. 13

16 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In a live conversation on YouTube, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Lawfare Senior Editors Eric Columbus, Roger Parloff, and Anna...