A dozen national security “Green Swans” for 2022!
“If only…”is a mind game that often ruminates on the past, but “What if…?” allows us to speculate on the future, to hope, to look not for make-believe unicorns but instead to keep watch...
Category: National Security
Guest Post: Mike Guillot discusses “On US Nuclear Deterrence: Unworthy Ideas”
Do you know as much about nuclear deterrence as you’d like? Uncertain about the antinuclear hyperbole that’s been featured in the press of late? Fortunately, we have a new contributor, Mike Guillot, the former...
Guest Author: “CFIUS: A Primer” (Everyone needs to be aware of the growing importance of this major national security tool!)
Do you understand how national security issues can be intertwined with major business deals, even when the companies involved are not necessarily defense contractors of any kind? Were you aware of the recent expansion...
More on the effort to eviscerate the disciplinary authority America’s military commanders need
Much of today’s post will be familiar to Lawfire® readers as it involves the bill currently before Congress to eviscerate commanders’ authority and responsibility for disciplinary matters. Specifically, this post addresses an attack on the...
ADM Jim Stavridis on the summer’s must-read book: “2034: A Novel of the Next World War”
Want a really important (yet also entertaining) summer read? I’d recommend 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, a new bestseller penned by my war college classmate and retired NATO commander Admiral Jim...
Another disturbing diffusion and distortion of ‘national security’ threat rhetoric
Do we want the energies of America’s ‘national security’ enterprise to focus on the increasing dangers from foreign state and non-state adversaries, or do we want it to concentrate on criminality traditionally the province...
If everything is a “national security” priority, nothing will be
Should every challenge America faces be categorized as a “national security” priority? If so, the country is in for trouble as the authentic national security threats need the full focus of America’s national security...
Podcast: National Security and the Challenges of ‘Deep Fakes’
I am excited to share with you another video from LENS’ recently completed 26th Annual National Security Law conference. Erin Wirtanen, the Chief Counsel for the Center for Cyber Intelligence (CCI) for the Central...
Podcast: A National Security Discussion with Ms. Michèle Flournoy
I’m really excited to tell you that the video of my ‘fireside chat’ with former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michèle Flournoy is now available for viewing/listening (here). She was among the world-class...
LENS Essay Series: “Keeping the Dollar King: The Impact of Economic Sanctions on American National Security”
Can economic sanctions really work? Is the U.S. as effective as it might be when it finds itself needing to utilize what might be called a “financial warfare” strategy? In the latest addition to...
