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Lawfare Daily: AI, Child Safety, and the Law

For today’s episode, Lawfare’s Renée DiResta sits down with Riana Pfefferkorn, a policy fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, and C

Ask Lawfare Anything: October 2026

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Lawfare Daily: Investigating AI Cyber Risks, with Asad Ramzanali

With the rise of AI-driver cybersecurity incidents, the conversation on how to monitor and assess these incidents is increasingly on the rise. Lawfare Senior Editor Kevin

Lawfare Live: East Potomac Park Hearing Dispatch

On October 20 at 9 a.m. ET, Lawfare Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes sat down with Senior Editors Molly Roberts and Roger Parloff to discuss the October 19 hearing over Pr

Lawfare Daily: The Coming Winter and the Latest Betrayal of Ukraine

Jimmy Rushton of the Kyiv Independent and Anastasiia Lapatina, Lawfare’s Ukraine fellow, join Editor in Chief Benjamin Wittes to discuss the latest news from Kyiv: the gr

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, October 16

Benjamin Wittes is joined by Anna Bower, Roger Parloff, Molly Roberts, and Eric Columbus for a fast-moving tour of the week’s most important Trump-era litigation. You ca

Lawfare Archive: Paul Massaro on the United States’ Latest Efforts to Combat Corruption

From April 5, 2022: On June 3, President Biden issued a national security memorandum that established the “Fight Against Corruption” as a core national security interest

Lawfare Archive: An Investigation into Russian State Media and Disinformation

From December 29, 2022: On December 15, the New York Times published an article that detailed an investigation conducted by three of its reporters into how Russian state

Lawfare Daily: The New Command Economy with Kristen Eichensehr and Ashley Deeks

Over the past decade, the U.S. has expanded its use of measures including tariffs, sanctions, export controls, and investment screening to regulate the economy in the nam

Rational Security: The “Cooking With Gas!” Edition

This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman and Public Service Fellow Julia Curlee, and Contributing Editor and partner at St

Lawfare Daily: Breaking Down Trump’s Diesel Deal with Russia

For today’s episode, Lawfare General Counsel and Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sits down with Rachel Alpert, a partner at Jenner & Block and former chief counsel for th

Lawfare Daily: The Spy Who Changed the Cold War in the Middle East

Senior Editor Michael Feinberg sits down with author and journalist Ben Macintyre to discuss his new book, “Redwood: The Untold Story of the Cold War's Most Extraordinary

Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, October 9th

Benjamin Wittes is joined by Anna Bower, Roger Parloff, Molly Roberts, and Eric Columbus for a fast-moving tour of the week’s most important Trump-era litigation. They br

Lawfare Archive: Energy Security, Data Centers, and AI

From November 18, 2024: Christie Hicks, the Managing Attorney overseeing Earthjustice's Clean Energy Program, and Mandy DeRoche, a Deputy Managing Attorney in Earthjustic

Lawfare Archive: President Trump’s Peace Plan for Gaza

From October 2, 2025: In a live conversation on October 1,Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson spoke to Managing Director at S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East P

Lawfare Archive: National Security and the 2024 Election, Election Management

From September 16, 2024: On Sept. 24, Lawfare Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Wittes moderated a panel discussion featuring Lawfare Senior Editor and Brookings Fellow Scott R. A

Lawfare Daily: The U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq and the Future of the Iraq-U.S. Relationship

For today’s episode, Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson sits down with Dr. Omar Mohammed, a senior researcher with the Program on Extremism at The George Washington

Rational Security: The “Too Much Molly” Edition

This week, Scott sat down with Lawfare Editor in Chief and cohost emeritus Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare Senior Editor Molly Roberts, and Vice President and Director of Govern

Lawfare Daily: Gulf Countries Hedging Amid Iran War Debacle

Lawfare Public Service Fellow Julia Curlee talks with former CIA analyst Shawn Howard and Ariane Tabatabai of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs about Shawn’s new Fore

Lawfare Daily: ‘Crossing the Red Line’ in Gaza with Akbar Shahid Ahmed

On today’s episode, Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien sits down with Akbar Shahid Ahmed, the diplomatic correspondent at The Washington Sun, to discuss Ahmed’s new bo