As the new year unfolds, how have 2024’s defining national security moments set the stage for what’s ahead? This week, Elisa Poteat is joined by Harvey Rishikof, former chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security, for a big-picture review of the past year. Together, they discuss emerging challenges in geopolitics, AI’s growing role in defense, and pivotal shifts in data security. Looking ahead, they explore how economic instability and rising global tensions might define 2025.

Harvey Rishikof is a Senior Counselor to the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security

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The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)

TikTok Inc., v Garland

E.O. 14034, Executive Order on Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern

The Iran Contra, Minority Report

Haidt, Jonathan. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. Penguin Press, an Imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024.

Koh, Harold Hongju. The National Security Constitution in the Twenty-First Century. Yale University Press, 2024.