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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
The Roots of Obama Worship
Barack Obama has now been center stage for two years—one as a presidential candidate (and president elect) and one as president. . . .
Intelligence & Security with James Woolsey: Chapter 4 of 5
James Woolsey says we need destroy oil as a strategic commodity — not only for the good of our security, but for the good of the planet...
James Ellis In Space News
Hoover Institution fellow James Ellis discusses securing the US military's satellite advantage and whether we should draw more heavily on the commercial sector to do this.
James Delingpole: Great Britain, the Green Movement, and the End of the World
This week on Uncommon Knowledge columnist James Delingpole discusses, with Hoover research fellow Peter Robinson, the European Union, the Green movement, and socialized medicine. (47:41)
Intelligence and Security with James Woolsey
James Woolsey discusses the failure of the intelligence community in the run-up to the Iraq war and considers Barak Obama’s selection of Leon Panetta to head the CIA in light of the historical relationship between the president and the CIA director. He outlines the challenges the intelligent community faces in what he calls America’s war against “theocratic totalitarianism.” Finally, he asserts that it is imperative for us to destroy oil as a strategic commodity – not only for our security but also for the good of the planet. (36:56 ) Video transcript
FBI Director James Comey’s Remarks Today
I have been unable to find video or audio of FBI Director James Comey’s remarks today adding to his prior attribution of the Sony hack to North Korea. Nor has the FBI itself released the text. That said, Fortune magazine has published the following, describing it as “Comey’s remarks in full”:
James Woolsey on Energy
Woolsey is currently co-chairman (with former Secretary of State George Shultz) of the Committee on the Present Danger, as well as chairman of the advisory boards of the Clean Fuels Foundation and the New Uses Council and a trustee of ...
Ending the Oil Era: An Interview with R. James Woolsey Jr.
Reliance on oil is a major environmental concern and national security issue among industrialized nations, particularly the United States, which uses and imports more oil than any other country. Former CIA director and Hoover Institution senior fellow R. James Woolsey Jr. talks about his take on ending the oil era.
FBI Director James Comey Speaks at Kenyon College
Wednesday evening finds me at Kenyon College, at a conference on privacy, where I will speaking tomorrow on a combination of this paper and some work I have been doing recently on sexual extortion online.
Woolsey Wants to `Destroy' Oil's Monopoly as Motor Fuel
Former Central Intelligence Agency Director James Woolsey talks with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about his view that U.S. reliance on foreign oil is a national security issue...
The Opportunity Costs of Ignoring the Law of Sea Convention in the Arctic
The paper first briefly surveys the extent to which the provisions of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) intersect with those of US interests in the Arctic. Not surprisingly, there is extensive overlap. The paper then reviews and critiques the arguments that (UNCLOS) is irrelevant or even antithetical to achieving those. interests; it then examines the case for UNCLOS, focusing on US interests on the Arctic seafloor and arguing that those interests are extensive and that accession would...
Monday Morning Muesli
One of the first statements by Greece's new prime minister Alexis Tsipras called on Germany to pay more reparations to Greece for losses arising from the Nazi occupation in World War II. Some commentators added that, if Germany could have its debts and damages mostly forgiven after World War II, Greece could be forgiven its debts today.
DNI’s 2015 Worldwide Threat Assessment
I highly recommend that Lawfare readers peruse the annual the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, as well as DNI Clapper’s opening statement before the SASC yesterday. I read both quickly (though I did not watch the hearing). Both seem less watered-down than usual.
On Cyber Arms Control (Apropos Of The New York Times Editorial)
A bit late, but one more observation about the New York Times editorial calling for cyber arms control. In their words, “the best way forward [to reduce cyber threats] is to accelerate international efforts to negotiate limits on the cyberarms race,” in much the same way that we did with the nuclear arms control treaties of the Cold War.
The Future Of Violence: Robots And Germs, Hackers And Drones—Confronting A New Age Of Threat
We’re thrilled to announce the publication today of our new book, The Future of Violence: Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones—Confronting A New Age of Threat .
The book takes on what we think is a pretty big question: How do you govern a world in which anyone can attack anyone from anywhere?
Herb Lin On Bloomberg Radio (4:39)
Hoover fellow Herb Lin discusses cybersecurity and whether the CIA's reorganization particularly the hiring of a director of digital innovation will do a better job of protecting us from cyberthreats.
Herb Lin On The John Batchelor Show
Hoover fellow Herb Lin discusses cyber arms control or cyber weapons that are used to harm computers in numerous ways. There is a trade off between security and its inefficiencies and the potential efficiencies and thus vulnerabilities of working in cyberspace.
George P. Shultz On KTVU
Hoover fellow George Shultz discusses President Obama, climate change, and the best way to defeat ISIS.
A Worry About The New Executive Order On Sanctions For Malicious Cyber Activity
As Paul Rosenzweig noted earlier today in Lawfare, the President just signed out an Executive Order that can result in the imposition of financial sanctions on a variety of bad actors that ply their trade through cyber means or against important cyber assets and/or restrictions or bans on travel to the United States on such individuals.
Coding For A More Open Cuba
Nonprofit group’s ‘hackathon’ invites U.S. programmers to create apps for the isolated island