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Dismal Epiphany: America is Already in a [Gray Zone] Civil War
Do the strategies being enacted by Democrats and Republicans in the United States constitute gray-zone warfare? There are many reasons to say "yes," they do, and we are already in a civil war.
BI Article
BI Newsletters on the Israel/Palestinian+ War
A continually growing collection of the many newsletters BI has produced on the war that was started by Hamas's attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
News and Opinion
How Politics Became a Legal Battlefield
A 25-year retrospective on the emergence of political "lawfare" in the United States as a major type of political combat.
News and Opinion
Lawfare Makes Us All Less Free
In the context of the Comey indictment, an essay exploring the many ways in which Trump's politically motivated prosecutions are threatening our democratic institutions.
News and Opinion
Our Weaponized Legal System Misfires
A must read article explaining "lawfare" and how both parties are abusing the legal system in ways that constitute one of the most serious threats to democracy.
Colleague Activities
Project Seshat
Project Seshat is a multidisciplinary, multinational effort to study and respond to the rising threats of "hybrid warfare" or "grey zone conflict" now targeting all democracies.
News and Opinion
Merrick Garland and the 'Norms' of Justice
From the Wall Street Journal, a look at "lawfare" as practiced by Democrats.
News and Opinion
What Biden's Lawfare Has Wrought
A look at the ways in which the use of lawfare strategies by Democrats has transformed our politics.
News and Opinion
Who Started the Lawfare Era?
From a right-leaning perspective, a thoughtful counterargument about the origins of our rapidly escalating epidemic of political lawfare. (It's not just Trump.)
News and Opinion
Kinetic War vs. Cyber War: The Potential Battlefields Ahead
More information about radical changes now underway in military technology -- changes that are profoundly altering the balance of power and undermining our ability to prevent (or, at least, limit) war.
News and Opinion
Differentiating Kinetic and Cyber Weapons to Improve Integrated Combat
News and Opinion
Trump Triples Down on Lawfare
A comparison of the lawfare campaigns Democrats used against President Trump and the vastly more ruthless and successful campaigns that President Trump is using against Democrats.