National Security and Foreign Relations
List by Oona Hathaway
This is a starter pack for those interested in National Security and Foreign Relations. The primary focus is those in law, but I will include others--journalists, political scientists, historians--working in this area, as well.
- Professor at Georgetown University Law Center; former DOJ/OLC attorney
- Public interest 501(c)(3) law firm for natsec & info/privacy law. Website https://www.nationalsecuritylaw.org. Charitable tax-exempt donations always welcome; details on website front page. Media email Media@ NationalSecurityLaw.org, others email Kel there
- Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands"
- @ksvesq.bsky.social’s husband; father of daughters; professor @georgetownlaw.bsky.social; #SCOTUS nerd @CNN.com Bio: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/stephen-i-vladeck "One First" Supreme Court newsletter: stevevladeck.com Book: tinyurl.com/shadowdocketpb
- Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. Legendary potty mouth!
- Bellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research. Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
- youtube.com/@RGoodLaw Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org. Chaired Prof at NYU Law. Former Chaired Prof Harvard. Former Special Counsel Defense Dept. justsecurity.org/author/goodmanryan
- staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
- Writing about law and democracy at The Atlantic, previously Lawfare. Not a lawyer. It's KWIN-ta. signal: qjurecic.32
- Law prof at Cardozo Law. Former U.S. State Dept a few times over. Writes on international law, war powers and national security, presidential power and bureaucracy. cardozo.yu.edu/directory/rebecca-i…
- Professor and director, Graduate School of Public & International Affairs @gspia-esapi.bsky.social, University of Ottawa, Canada. Associate fellow, Chatham House. rolandparis.com
- Law professor (personal account, personal views only). Vonnegut: "you've got to be kind." Posts deleted due to age, typos, baffling dependence on a televised game.
- Forum on law, rights, and security. Editorial Board includes professors, top civil society attorneys, former senior government officials.
- Associate Professor @Emory Law. Former aviator, Navy JAG. Climate change, environmental law, and security. law.emory.edu/faculty/faculty-pro… Writing: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAu…
- Professor of International and U.S. Foreign Affairs Law, Columbia Law School. Co-Editor-in-Chief (with Ingrid Brunk) of the American Journal of International Law.
- Director, Program on Law & Public Policy, Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs. Charles & Marie Robertson Visiting Professor of Law & Public Affairs. Still teaching Con law, still aiming to get out of the new social media market.
- Associate Professor of Law & Political Science @Duke. Conflict, migration, peacebuilding, transitional justice & humanitarian/development aid. Nonresident @carnegiedcg.bsky.social. Rhymes w/ @jonpetkun.bsky.social. Web: law.duke.edu/fac/revkin
- Professor of Global Security at Oxford, Co-director of ELAC (IHL, Law & Ethics of War, Attitudes toward Violence)
- Law professor. Editor @justsecurity.org. Working on foreign relations, cybersecurity, and national security.
- “Gerontocracy in America” (2026) us.macmillan.com/books/9780374607647… campuspress.yale.edu/samuelmoyn
- Fmr FBI Special Agent, lawyer, @JacksonYale. Tiger(ish) mom. Legal and national security analyst. Editor @just_security. Steam mop influencer. Views mine. https://asharangappa.substack.com
- Intelligence and national security reporter at The Washington Post. Reach me securely on Signal at Ellen.626.
- Journalist - cyber/natn'l security. Speaker. Georgetown adjunct prof. Author - COUNTDOWN TO ZERO DAY: Stuxnet and the Launch of the World's First Digital Weapon Signal: KimZ.42 https://www.zetter-zeroday.com
- Southmayd Prof @YaleLawSch + Philosophy @Yale. Ed, @LegalTheory + Stanford Encyclopedia of Phil. “Legality”, “The Internationalists” (with @oonahathaway), “Fancy Bear Goes Phishing.” Overuses “neurosymbolic”
- Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
- Editor in Chief, @lawfaremedia.org Senior Fellow, Brookings Author, #DogShirtDaily Host, #DogShirtTV Purveyor of mischief. Harasser of Russian diplomats worldwide.
- Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
- @ridt on X
- Straight-shooting information and analysis at the intersection of national security, law, and policy. Support Lawfare at lawfaremedia.org/support
- Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel Also substack
- Lois Lane for the courts and broken tigger Slate, Amicus, MSNBC, NYT bestseller Lady Justice
- The New York Times national security and legal reporter. Not the Welsh footballer, Roddy Doyle character or 19th Century adventurer in Fiji.
- Professor at Yale Law School & Professor of Political Science at Yale University; Executive Editor at Just Security; president-elect, American Society of International Law; former Special Counsel at U.S. Department of Defense. Website: oonahathaway.com.
