The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition

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The Lawfare Podcast is the weekly audio production of the Lawfare staff in cooperation with the Brookings Institution. Podcast episodes include interviews with policymakers, scholars, journalists, and analysts; events and panel discussions.
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Lawfare Daily: Understanding the DC Circuit Court's Decision on TikTok

Dec 13 2024 56 mins  
At a virtual panel conversation co-hosted by Lawfare and NYU's Center for Technology Policy, center Director Scott Brennen moderated a conversation between Lawfare Senior Editor and University of Minnesota law professor Alan Rozenshtein, University of North Carolina law professor Mary-Rose Papandrea, and Georgetown law professor Anupam Chander, about the recent&

Rational Security: The “Tornado Kash” Edition

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Lawfare Daily: Pro-Democracy Protests in Georgia

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Lawfare Daily: Ukrainian Lawmaker on Why Ukraine Must Export Its Weapons

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Chatter: German Grand Strategy and ... Kraftwerk, with Ben Tallis

Dec 10 2024 87 mins  
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Dec 10 2024 51 mins  
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Lawfare Daily: Kevin Xu on the State of the AI Arms Race Between the U.S. and China

Dec 09 2024 42 mins  
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Lawfare Archive: Ignatius and Goldsmith on the Story of Kash Patel

Dec 08 2024 46 mins  
From May 11, 2021: David Ignatius, a columnist for the Washington Post, recently ran a lengthy column about the machinations of Kash Patel in the executive branch during the presidential transition. Patel, a former staffer for Devin Nunes, held a variety of positions in the months before Donald Trump left office, and Donald Trump considered him for a variety of other posi

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