Podcast appearances and mentions of Jamil N Jaffer

In the past several months, President Biden released a new national cybersecurity strategy. As part of that strategy, the Administration says that it will seek to “Shape Market Forces to Drive Security and Resilience – We will place responsibility on those within our digital ecosystem that are best positioned to reduce risk and shift the consequences of poor cybersecurity away from the most vulnerable in order to make our digital ecosystem more trustworthy, including by: . . . Shifting liability for software products and services to promote secure development practices.” The concept of software liability has been the subject of much debate since it was first suggested more than a decade ago. With the new national strategy that debate becomes much more salient. In this webinar, cybersecurity experts will debate both sides of the question.Featuring: - Prof. Paul Rosenzweig, Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University- Prof. Jamil N. Jaffer, Founder and Executive Director of the National Security Institute, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University- [Moderator] Robert Strayer, Executive Vice President of Policy, Information Technology Industry CouncilVisit our website – www.RegProject.org – to learn more, view all of our content, and connect with us on social media.

In this episode, two incredible guests discuss Cyber Command, its role and jurisdiction, and what it can do in cyber conflict situations and how it may help the private sector when under nation state attacks. Gary Corn is director of the Technology, Law & Security Program at American University's Washington College of Law and former career military with his last position as the Staff Judge Advocate (General Counsel) to U.S. Cyber Command. Jamil N. Jaffer is the Founder and Executive Director of the National Security Institute, and an Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the National Security Law & Policy Program and the nation's first Cyber, Intelligence, and National Security LLM at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University. Jamil is also affiliated with Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation and served on the leadership teams of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as Chief Counsel and Senior Advisor and as Senior Counsel to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

In Episode 264 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas publishes the contents of a call that he hosted on Twitter Spaces this past Tuesday evening only hours after Nancy Pelosi, the US Speaker of the House of Representatives arrived in Taiwan. The subject of the call concerns both the short and long-term consequences of Pelosi's trip and whether or not the US is ready to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese naval blockade or invasion of the island by the People's Liberation Army. Speakers Dmitri Alperovitch, Elbridge Colby, and Jamil N. Jaffer discuss how the US can prepare for this eventuality, the urgency of the task at hand, and the possibility and consequences of the US losing a war with China over Taiwan in the next few years. If you enjoyed listening to today's episode of Hidden Forces you can help support the show by doing the following: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | CastBox | RSS Feed Write us a review on Apple Podcasts & Spotify Subscribe to our mailing list at https://hiddenforces.io/newsletter/ Producer & Host: Demetri Kofinas Editor & Engineer: Stylianos Nicolaou Subscribe & Support the Podcast at https://hiddenforces.io Join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter at @hiddenforcespod Follow Demetri on Twitter at @Kofinas Episode Recorded on 08/02/2022

On this special episode of Fault Lines, Jamil N. Jaffer, NSI's Founder and Executive Director, and Lauren Zabierek, NSI Visiting Fellow and Executive Director of the Cyber Project at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center, take opposite sides in a debate on mandatory cyber-reporting. Is it needed? If put into place, will it be effective? How does this hot topic relate to the larger issue of cyber infrastructure in the U.S.? These questions and more are addressed in this special, debate episode of Fault Lines! Like what you heard here? In 2022, NSI will be launching a new debate-style podcast, featuring off-the-cuff takes on the biggest questions in national security. Tweet at us at @masonnatsec with your thoughts, including who you think the winner was, and be sure to subscribe to Fault Lines to be the first to know when the series launches! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this special episode of Fault Lines, Jamil N. Jaffer, NSI's Founder and Executive Director, and Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and Executive Chairman of Silverado Policy Accelerator, debate on a very timely topic – whether to deter an invasion of Taiwan, the U.S. must defend Ukraine. Jamil argues the proposition that yes, the U.S. must defend Ukraine in order to deter an invasion of Taiwan while Dmitri takes the opposite position.If you enjoyed this episode, stay tuned for more! NSI and the Silverado Policy Accelerator will be kicking off a new podcast series filled with timely, no holds barred debates just like this one. To get the latest updates about when you can expect this series to be released, or to contribute ideas about future episodes, make sure to subscribe to Fault Lines and follow or tweet at us on Twitter at @MasonNatSec. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, as part of NSI's Tech Innovation and American National Security project, NSI hosted the third panel of a four-part series examining the national security implications of antitrust challenges at home and abroad. This third event took a look at how U.S. adversaries are addressing antitrust questions related to the tech industry as well as the implications of such efforts for our national security. Our panel features Maureen Ohlhausen, Matt Perault, and Alex Petros, and was moderated by NSI Founder and Executive Director, Jamil N. Jaffer.Adversarial nation-state governments, such as China's, are known to bolster their own economy through government financing of certain private sector industries, including companies in the tech industry, in order to effectuate national goals, including national security related goals. In particular, while China has encouraged rapid growth in its domestic tech sector in a bid to challenge its biggest economic competitor—the United States—it has at times, placed a heavy regulatory hand on both foreign and domestic tech companies, including using the levers of antitrust policy at home. China's antitrust challenges are seen by many to have little to do with protecting competition; rather, Beijing's antitrust and other policies appear to punish companies and executives that don't adhere to the party line. This panel will look at the ways in which China and other adversarial nations both encourage and discourage foreign and domestic tech competition and how such nations choose its antitrust targets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fault Lines welcomes Jamil N. Jaffer, the Founder and Executive Director of the National Security Institute, as we reflect on the past four years of NSI. How did NSI begin? What can work in the non-partisan realm teach us? Where will the efforts of the National Security Institute be in the next four years? These questions and more are answered on this week's episode of Fault Lines.If you like what we're doing, be sure to like, rate, and subscribe to Fault Lines. If you have ideas for future episodes, be sure to email us at nsi@gmu.edu or tweet us at @MasonNatSec. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On Thursday, September 23, from 12:30 – 1:30 PM ET, as part of NSI's Tech Innovation and American National Security project, NSI hosted the second panel of a four-part series examining the national security implications of antitrust challenges at home and abroad. This second event took a look at how U.S.-allied governments are addressing antitrust questions related to the tech industry as well as the implications of such efforts for American and allied national security.Our panel features Dr. Roslyn Layton, Professor Jan Rybnicek, and Dr. Hal Singer, and was moderated by NSI Founder and Executive Director, Jamil N. Jaffer.European governments, including Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Ireland, are increasingly raising antitrust challenges against U.S. tech companies causing friction between our nations and potentially undermining our collective national security posture, particularly relative to key nation-state competitors like China. This event examined how European nation-states, in exercising their own regulatory authorities to regulate, dissolve, and monitor companies, are moving forward with laws targeting American companies, as well as how these new regulations potentially impact these companies as well as their impact on American and allied national security. The panel also explored the critical role that U.S. and U.S. allied joint bodies, as well as tech industry, can play in promoting a democratic value-based global digital ecosystem to counter digital authoritarianism and the importance for allied national security of maintaining relative unity amongst the allies on innovation policy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In June, President Biden revoked a Trump-era executive order that sought to ban TikTok and WeChat, and replaced it with a new executive order directing the government to review the security threats posed by foreign-controlled software applications. "The Federal Government should evaluate these threats through rigorous, evidence-based analysis," Biden's order dictated, "and should address any unacceptable or undue risks consistent with overall national security, foreign policy, and economic objectives, including the preservation and demonstration of America's core values and fundamental freedoms."An expert panel joined us to break down the order and its implications for the apps it targets as well as for future relations between the United States and its foreign adversaries, such as China.Featuring:- Jennifer Hay, Senior Director for National Security Programs, DataRobot- Jamil N. Jaffer, Founder & Executive Director, National Security Institute and Director, National Security Law & Policy Program and Assistant Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School- Margaret Peterlin, Adjunct Lecturer, The Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University- [Moderator] Matthew Feeney, Director, Project on Emerging Technologies, Cato InstituteVisit our website – www.RegProject.org – to learn more, view all of our content, and connect with us on social media.

On this special episode of Fault Lines, host Jamil N. Jaffer discusses the national security implications of the fall of Afghanistan and the rise of the Taliban with Jennifer Cafarella, NSI Visiting Fellow and Research Director at the Institute for the Study of War; Matthew Heiman, NSI Senior Fellow and Director of Strategy and Chairman, Cyber & Privacy Working Group at the Regulatory Transparency Project; and Mike Nelson, NSI Visiting Fellow and Professor of Military Science at George Mason University, and former Deputy Director of the Commander's Action Group at United States Central Command for General Joseph Votel.Our episode begins with a brief summary of the situation in Afghanistan, followed by analysis of the Biden administration's actions thus far, the counterterrorism perspective, and what Taliban rule may mean for U.S. national security. If you like what we're doing, be sure to like, rate, and subscribe to Fault Lines. If you have ideas for future episodes, be sure to email us at nsi@gmu.edu or tweet us at @MasonNatSec.Note: This episode was recorded at 3:30pm ET on August 17th, 2021. The National Security Institute acknowledges that the situation is rapidly changing and that some of the conversation held may no longer be accurate. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Josh Rogin joined us to share his insight on all things U.S. and China, including why he thinks China is America’s hardest foreign policy problem. Josh also talked with NSI Director and Executive Director Jamil N. Jaffer about his new book, “Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century,” which explores the conflict over China policy in the Trump White House and the state of our two countries’ interdependence. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Congressman Mike Waltz, U.S. Representative for Florida’s 6th Congressional District, who shared his insight on critical national security issues ranging from China’s growing threat as a military, economic, and space power to its complicated ties to Wall Street and its treatment of the Uyghurs. Rep. Waltz also explored other important issues with NSI Director and Executive Director Jamil N. Jaffer, such as U.S efforts to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the impact of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan for peace and stability in the region. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On February 24, President Biden signed an executive order focused on protecting America's supply chains with a specific section on rare earth elements. In early March, the House Armed Services Committee stood up a taskforce focused on examining and identifying vulnerabilities and threats facing the defense industrial base which includes the threat posed by China over access to rare earth elements. America’s national security and technological leadership is directly tied to our access to rare earth elements. NSI Founder and Executive Director Jamil N. Jaffer held a fireside chat with Jeff Green, President and Founder of J. A. Green and Company, to discuss what America can do to secure our rare earth supply chain and what the government can do to bolster U.S. production.Tune in to find our about:The impact of President Biden's Executive Order on America’s Supply ChainsHow Congress can take steps to incentivize private sector investment in rare earth elementsHow the Defense Production Act can be used to protect the defense industrial base from Chinese captureBe sure to subscribe to NSI Live to get all of these conversations and more! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The National Security Institute and Silverado Policy Accelerator co-hosted a debate on Cyber Offense vs. Cyber Defense: How to Best Protect Against Cyber Exploits on Thursday, January 21 at 1 PM – 2PM ET.The United States faces a number of emerging threats as countries like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea seek to utilize cyberspace for their geopolitical goals. A debate rages amongst cyber experts as to whether (and how aggressively) the United States and its allies ought to use offensive tactics in its conflicts with its adversaries, or whether we ought stick to principally defensive maneuvers.NSI and Silverado debated the motion:“The best form of defense in cyber is defense.”Ciaran Martin and Heather Adkins will argue for the motion and Jamil N. Jaffer and Dmitri Alperovitch will argue against it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As part of NSI's project focused on Technology Innovation and American National Security, NSI pulled together a panel of our experts to discuss the recent hack of the Department of Treasury and Department of Commerce, and what the government can do to defend against attacks like this in the future. Speakers included:Jamil N. Jaffer, NSI Founder and Executive Director;Sam Kaplan, NSI Visiting Fellow and former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Cyber, Infrastructure, and Resilience Policy;Katie Moussouris, NSI Visiting Fellow and founder and CEO of Luta Security; and,Dave Weinstein, NSI Visiting Fellow and former CTO and CISO of the State of New Jersey See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The National Security Institute was excited to host the latest event in our Technology Innovation and American National Security: Preserving U.S. Leadership in a New Decade project.America’s economic prosperity and military superiority relies on our technology superiority, but the same companies and public institutions that are driving U.S. innovation are also being targeted by foreign nation-states for intellectual property theft at a massive scale. Chairman Pai will address how the US government can both protect the innovation that is the engine of American economic growth and the pillar of American national security, while also remaining economically engaged and politically competitive.On Thursday November 19 at 1 PM, NSI hosted a fireside chat featuring Ajit Pai, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and Emily Chang, Anchor and Executive Director of Bloomberg Technology, to discuss these and other issues facing the Federal Communications Commission. Their conversation was followed by an Q&A session with NSI Founder and Executive Director Jamil N. Jaffer and FCC Chief of Staff Matthew Berry. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, former Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs at the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation at the Department of State, joined NSI Founder and Executive Director Jamil N. Jaffer for a conversation around nonproliferation issues and diversity in national security. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fault Lines welcomes Dr. Jung Pak, senior fellow and the SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies at Brookings Institution’s Center for East Asia Policy Studies and author of "Becoming Kim Jong Un: A Former CIA Officer’s Insights into North Korea’s Enigmatic Young Dictator." What do we know about what is happening within the hermit kingdom? Is Kim Yo-jong likely to take the lead if Kim Jong Un suddenly passes away? What can America do to push the DPRK to denuclearize? Dr. Pak and host Jamil N. Jaffer, answer these questions and many more on this week’s episode of Fault Lines! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On May 23, 2019, the National Security Institute and the Federalist Society co-hosted an event about U.S. strategy in Syria and the Middle East. The second panel was titled "U.S. Policy in Syria: Stay In, Get Out, or Triple Down?"*******As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.Featuring:Norm Roule, NSI Visiting Fellow, Former Natl. Intelligence Mgr. for Iran Office of the DNIDana Stroul, Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute’s Beth and David Geduld Program on Arab PoliticsKatherine Zimmerman, Research Fellow at the American Enterprise InstituteModerator: Jamil N. Jaffer, NSI Founder and Executive Director

On May 23, 2019, the National Security Institute and the Federalist Society co-hosted an event about U.S. strategy in Syria and the Middle East. The second panel was titled "U.S. Policy in Syria: Stay In, Get Out, or Triple Down?"*******As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.Featuring:Norm Roule, NSI Visiting Fellow, Former Natl. Intelligence Mgr. for Iran Office of the DNIDana Stroul, Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute’s Beth and David Geduld Program on Arab PoliticsKatherine Zimmerman, Research Fellow at the American Enterprise InstituteModerator: Jamil N. Jaffer, NSI Founder and Executive Director

This panel will focus on questions such as what measures major companies can take, individually or collectively, to prevent, detect, mitigate and halt imminent or in-progress cyberattacks, such as the WannaCry attack, which spread around the globe, infecting over 200,000 computers in more than 150 countries. What else can they do to enhance collective cybersecurity? What resources are available to them? What other resources are needed? What legal protections are necessary and appropriate? Featuring:David Lieber, Senior Privacy Policy Counsel, GoogleDr. Andrea Little Limbago, Chief Social Scientist, Endgame; Visiting Fellow, National Security Law & Policy Program, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason UniversityAngela McKay, Senior Director, Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy, MicrosoftModerator: Prof. Jamil N. Jaffer, Adjunct Professor, NSI Founder, and Director, National Security Law & Policy Program, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason UniversityIntroduction: Vincent Vitkowsky, Partner, Seiger Gfeller Laurie LLP

This panel will focus on questions such as what measures major companies can take, individually or collectively, to prevent, detect, mitigate and halt imminent or in-progress cyberattacks, such as the WannaCry attack, which spread around the globe, infecting over 200,000 computers in more than 150 countries. What else can they do to enhance collective cybersecurity? What resources are available to them? What other resources are needed? What legal protections are necessary and appropriate? Featuring:David Lieber, Senior Privacy Policy Counsel, GoogleDr. Andrea Little Limbago, Chief Social Scientist, Endgame; Visiting Fellow, National Security Law & Policy Program, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason UniversityAngela McKay, Senior Director, Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy, MicrosoftModerator: Prof. Jamil N. Jaffer, Adjunct Professor, NSI Founder, and Director, National Security Law & Policy Program, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason UniversityIntroduction: Vincent Vitkowsky, Partner, Seiger Gfeller Laurie LLP

As ISIS, al Qaeda and its offshoots, and other groups spread terror across the globe, it is vital to establish a strong framework for the international law and policy of counterterrorism. This includes understandings and cooperation on surveillance, detention, counterterrorism finance, and the law of espionage. These subjects will be addressed by panelists with both real world and academic experience. -- This panel was presented by the American Branch of International Law Association, the International Law Students Association, and the Federalist Society's International & National Security Law Practice Group at the 2015 International Law Weekend at Fordham University School of Law on November 6, 2015. -- Featuring: Prof. Jamil N. Jaffer, Adjunct Professor of Law and Director, Homeland & National Security Law Program at George Mason University School of Law, former Chief Counsel & Senior Advisor at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and former Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush; Mr. Matthew Heiman, Vice President, Chief Compliance and Audit Officer, Tyco International; former Attorney Advisor, U.S. Department of Justice National Security Division; former Legal Advisor, Coalition Provisional Authority, Ministry of Justice, Iraq; Mr. Adam R. Pearlman, Associate Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Department of Defense (appearing in his personal capacity and not as a representative of the Department of Defense); Co-Editor of The American Bar Association's publication The U.S. Intelligence Community Law Sourcebook; and Prof. Peter Margulies, Professor of Law, Roger Williams Law School. Moderator: Mr. Vincent Vitkowsky, Partner, Seiger Gfeller & Laurie LLP, member of the Executive Committee of ABILA, and Chairman of the Federalist Society's International & National Security Law Practice Group.