Reiss Center on Law and Security

Jason Rezaian on his new book, Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison

Jason Rezaian, former WaPo Tehran Bureau Chief, joined RCLS Fellow Lisa Monaco to discuss his imprisonment in Iran and the efforts to secure his release.

Past Event - National Security and the Rise of Populism

Author and RCLS Fellow Yascha Mounk spoke with UK Ambassador to the UN Karen Pierce in the first event in our National Security and the Rise of Populism series.

Video Now Available - Probing Mueller: The Russia Investigations and the Road Ahead

Preet Bharara, Ryan Goodman, and Natasha Bertrand helped distill the issues following the conclusion of the Mueller report—where things stand, and what could be next.

A Road Less Traveled: A Series on National Security Careers After Law School

Check out this year's discussions in our national security career series, co-hosted with NSLS. Speakers included: former gov’t officials (NSC, State Dept., Capitol Hill), advocates, and practitioners.

In the News

RCLS Fellows Nicholas Rasmussen and Lisa Monaco quoted in the New York Times on how potential ties between the attacks in Sri Lanka and the Islamic State demonstrate the continued reach of the group and its ideology

RCLS Faculty Director Ryan Goodman and Just Security Editor Josh Geltzer write in the New York Times about glimpses in the Mueller report of the FBI counterintelligence investigation and the national security concerns it portends

RCLS fellow Stephen Pomper reflects in an Atlantic piece on the United States’ role in the Yemen war, Saudi and Iranian objectives in the conflict, and viable paths for fostering stability (with Rob Malley)