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Lawfare is a blog dedicated to national security issues, published by the Lawfare Institute in cooperation with the Brookings Institution. It was started in 2010 by Benjamin Wittes (author and former editorial writer for the Washington Post), Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith, and University of Texas at Austin law professor Robert Chesney. Goldsmith was the head of the Office of Legal Counsel in the George W. Bush administration's Justice Department, and Chesney served on a detention-policy task force in the Obama administration. Its writers include a large number of law professors, law students, and former Bush and Obama officials.

Articles by this Author

The Afghanistan Papers and the Perils of Historical Analogy Fri, 01/24/2020 - 6:03am

Transnational Organized Crime and National Security Tue, 04/30/2019 - 1:06pm

Fitna, a Failed Coup and a Squandered Opportunity to Undermine the Islamic State’s ‘Intangible Power’ Mon, 03/25/2019 - 12:19am

Was Syria Different? Anticipating the Next Islamic State Fri, 11/23/2018 - 4:43pm

Yemen’s Three Wars Mon, 09/24/2018 - 12:24am

Book Reviews - Wars of None: AI, Big Data, and the Future of Insurgency Sun, 07/01/2018 - 4:04pm

When Did the War in Yemen Begin? Fri, 06/29/2018 - 12:16am

Why Engage in Proxy War? A State’s Perspective Mon, 05/21/2018 - 1:18pm

Can the COINdinistas Save Iraq from Trump? Sun, 06/04/2017 - 1:20pm

Can the Islamic State Survive Financially? Mon, 05/15/2017 - 1:09am

Cruel to be Kind: Authoritarian Counterinsurgency and the Winning of Hearts and Minds Sun, 05/22/2016 - 2:04pm

Why Victory in Mosul Won’t Solve America’s Iraq Conundrum Sun, 04/10/2016 - 12:17pm