Daniel Byman

1 week ago | lawfaremedia.org | Daniel Byman |Stewart Baker

The past decade has almost completely overturned a generation of American consensus on the value of free markets and free trade. Both the Democratic and Republican parties have abandoned neoliberal economics in favor of trade protection and subsidies for strategic U.S. industries. This abrupt change of direction has a single cause: China, which used and subsidies to fuel a sharp rise in its economic and military power.

1 week ago | lawfaremedia.org | Daniel Byman |Tom Karako |Jen Patja

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With For today's episode, Lawfare Foreign Policy Editor Daniel Byman interviewed Tom Karako, the Director of the Missile Defense Program at CSIS, to discuss the Trump administration's missile defense proposals known as "Golden Dome." Karako explains the purpose of Golden Dome, its feasibility and cost, the likely reactions of China and Russia, and what realistic success would look like.

3 weeks ago | lawfaremedia.org | Daniel Byman |Anastasiia Lapatina |Tyler McBrien

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With In 2019, the relationship between The United States and Ukraine faces one of its biggest tests during a phone call between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The resulting scandal makes Ukraine a toxic issue for some lawmakers in the US Congress, where Ukrainian veterans are still trying to generate support for the war to this day. Anastasiia Lapatina is a Ukraine Fellow at Lawfare.

3 weeks ago | lawfaremedia.org | Daniel Byman |Zachary Kallenborn

Editor’s Note: For those eager to restrict the use of lethal autonomous weapons, one of the biggest challenges is verification—a difficult-to-detect variation in software can mean the difference between full autonomy and complete human control. Drawing on lessons learned from drone forensics, King’s College’s Zachary Kallenborn calls for the use of post-hoc verification to determine whether states are violating restrictions.

3 weeks ago | lawfaremedia.org | Daniel Byman |Sherri Goodman |Leah Emanuel

Peter Schwartzstein’s “The Heat and the Fury: On the Front Lines of Climate Violence” is a searing, eye-opening exploration of how climate change is not just an environmental issue—it is a powerful driver of conflict. This is a book that shatters the abstract concept of climate change and brings it to life through compelling real-world stories from more than 30 countries.