In the media

Writing in Just Security, Distinguished Scholar Michael Schmitt examines the Trump administration’s contradictory messaging on the status of its multiple armed conflicts and offers an explainer on when war legally begins and ends.

In his new book Liar’s Kingdom: How to Stop Trump’s Deceit and Save America, Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissmann explores the problem of the nation’s systemic vulnerability to political lies, and poses a path forward through reforms to the law.

Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman joins The Bulwark to unpack the latest on the legality of the Iran war, concerns surrounding FISA’s Section 702, and the nomination of Todd Blanche for attorney general.

Senior Fellow Tess Bridgeman joins Mary McCord in conversation, with Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman, for the Bonnie and Richard Reiss Lecture on Constitutional History and Law on “Power Without Impunity: War Crimes and Illegal Orders” at the New York Historical.

In Max Boot’s latest Washington Post opinion piece—which cites a Just Security timeline of boat strikes regularly updated by Reiss Center Student Scholars—Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane weighs in on the legal implications of Operation Southern Spear.

Distinguished Scholar Michael Schmitt coauthors a Just Security piece on the international law implications of Russia’s electronic warfare countermeasures that diverted Ukrainian drones into Baltic states.

Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissmann joins Joyce Vance on her Civil Discourse podcast to discuss his new book, Liar’s Kingdom: How to Stop Trump’s Deceit and Save America, available May 19.

Non-Resident Senior Fellow Beth George is selected for Lawdragon’s 2026 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers Guide, which recognizes world leaders in privacy, data security, and cyber law matters.

For TIME Magazine, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman is interviewed alongside Oona Hathaway, Harold Koh, and Tom Dannenbaum on whether President Trump’s threatened strikes in Iran would constitute war crimes in the Iran conflict.

For the New York Times, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane weighs in on the Trump administration’s rhetoric on destroying critical infrastructure supporting civilian life in Iran.

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