The Lawfare Podcast

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The Lawfare Podcast

The Lawfare Institute

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<p>The Lawfare Podcast features discussions with experts, policymakers, and opinion leaders at the nexus of national security, law, and policy. On issues from foreign policy, homeland security, intelligence, and cybersecurity to governance and law, we have doubled down on seriousness at a time when others are running away from it. Visit us at www.lawfaremedia.org.</p><p>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare">http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Episodes

<p><em>Lawfare</em> Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman sits down with Natan Sachs, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, to discuss who is likely to win the October 27 Israeli elections and wh...
Aug 28, 202647m
<p>This week, Scott sat down with his <em>Lawfare</em> colleagues Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes, Public Service Fellow Julia Curlee, and Contributing Editor Alex Zerden to talk through the week’s bi...
Aug 27, 20261h 15m
<p>Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law and a member of Meta’s Oversight Board, joins Kevin Frazier, director of the AI Innovat...
Aug 27, 202647m
<p><em>Lawfare</em> Public Service Julia Curlee has written <a href="https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-censorship-machine--silencing-the-national-security-workforce" rel="noopener noreferrer" t...
Aug 26, 202656m
<p><em>Lawfare</em> Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman sits down with Andrew Yeo, senior fellow and the Korea Foundation Chair at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Asia Policy Studies and <a href...
Aug 25, 202626m
<p>In a <a href="https://youtu.be/NCSAxAdyhr4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>conversation on YouTube</u></a>, <em>Lawfare </em>Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Senior Edito...
Aug 24, 20261h 30m
<p>From September 13, 2023: On August 30, soldiers and high-ranking officers of the Armed Forces of Gabon seized control of government buildings and communication channels in the capital city of Libre...
Aug 23, 202644m
<p>From April 11, 2025: For today's episode, <em>Lawfare </em>Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman interviewed Tom Karako, the Director of the Missile Defense Program at CSIS, to discuss the Trump admin...
Aug 22, 202629m
<p>Matt Abrams, technologist, investor, and co-founder of $1 Billion for Trust, joins Kevin Frazier, AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at<em> La...
Aug 21, 202649m
<p>The Justice Department has empaneled a special grand jury in Washington, D.C., according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/12/pirro-convenes-unusual-grand-jury-dc...
Aug 20, 202643m
<p>In this episode, <em>Lawfare</em>’s Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lapatina sits down with Ukrainian historian Yaroslav Hrytsak to discuss the history of Ukrainian-Polish relations, the controversies su...
Aug 19, 202652m
<p><em>Lawfare</em> Senior Editor Kate Klonick is joined by three guests to discuss their <a href="https://www.cfr.org/articles/the-u-s-is-about-to-design-an-ai-regulator-heres-how-to-get-it-right" re...
Aug 18, 202641m
<p>Julia Curlee was a long-time CIA officer; she served as Vice President Mike Pence’s briefer for more than a year; and she was a senior NSC official when the second Trump administration began. She i...
Aug 17, 202658m
<p>In a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGtzGJHvTfI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>live conversation on YouTube</u></a>, <em>Lawfare </em>Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat do...
Aug 16, 20261h 49m
<p>From December 3, 2024: <em>Lawfare</em> Foreign Policy Editor and Georgetown professor Daniel Byman sits down with Charles Lister, Director of Syria and Countering Terrorism &amp; Extremism Program...
Aug 15, 202636m
<p>Anil Seth, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience and Director of the Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex, joins Kevin Frazier, director of the AI Inn...
Aug 14, 202654m
<p>This week, Scott sat down with his<em> Lawfare</em> colleagues Alan Rozenshtein, Michael Feinberg, and Loren Voss to talk through the week’s big news in national security, including:</p><ul><li>“Un...
Aug 13, 20261h 31m
<p>Weeks after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky fired Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, the fallout is still reshaping Kyiv's political landscape. <em>Lawfare</em> Ukraine Fellow Anastasiia Lap...
Aug 13, 202651m
<p>Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sits down with Contributing Editor Joel Braunold, Managing Director of the Center Project, for the latest installment of their podcast series on developments in the ...
Aug 12, 202649m
<p>On August 6, <em>Lawfare </em>Senior Editor Kate Klonick sat down for a <a href="https://lawfare.substack.com/p/lawfare-live-renee-diresta-on-grokipedias" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">...
Aug 11, 202637m