{"podcast":{"title":"Rational Security","slug":"rational-security-525411","podcast_index_feed_id":525411,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/60427f9d34b9a27f4b6e3a8d","website_url":"https://www.lawfaremedia.org/podcasts-multimedia/podcast/rational-security","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/60427f9d34b9a27f4b6e3a8d/1713544365257-0f824289275f3526942871153b556a2c.jpeg","author":"The Lawfare Institute","episode_count":571,"summary":"A weekly discussion of national security and foreign policy matters hosted by Lawfare Senior Editor Scott R. Anderson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T04:20:20.086606+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rational-security-525411"},"episode":{"title":"The \"Off the Rails\" Edition","slug":"the-off-the-rails-edition","published_at":"2026-02-26T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rational-security-525411/the-off-the-rails-edition","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rational-security-525411","url":"https://shows.acast.com/rational-security/episodes/the-off-the-rails-edition","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/60427f9d34b9a27f4b6e3a8d/e/69a06dd977f20883e452768b/media.mp3","summary":"This week, Scott was joined by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien, Lawfare Senior Editor Molly Roberts, and University of Virginia Professor of Law Paul Stephan to talk through the week’s big news in national security, including: “Textual Healing.” On Friday, a 6-3 Supreme Court majority brought an end to at least the current iteration of President Trump’s controversial tariff policies, ruling that language in the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (or IEEPA) authorizing the “regulation of…importation” doesn’t include the authority to impose tariffs. That said, President Trump himself has already indicated that he intends to reinstate many of the tariffs he had installed using IEEPA under other statutory authorities. How big a setback is this for the Trump administration’s trade policies? And what might it mean for other aspects of its policy agenda? “Mayhem in Mexico.” Over the weekend, an elite unit of the Mexican army killed one of the country’s most powerful drug kingpins, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho.” His syndicate, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, immediately retaliated, through attacks on Mexican security forces, roadblocks throughout the country, and other measures intended to terrorize the public, particularly in areas frequented by American and Western tourists. The decision to move against El Mencho followed an intense pressure campaign by the Trump administration, which has pushed Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to take a hard stand against the cartels. Should this be seen as a win for the Trump administration? Or Sheinbaum? And what could the long-term implications be for the U.S.-Mexico relationship? “Clap if You Believe.” On Tuesday, President Trump delivered his annual State of the Union address, the longest of…","meta_description":"This week, Scott was joined by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien, Lawfare Senior Editor Molly Roberts, and University of Virginia Professor of Law Pau…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4593,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rational-security-525411/episodes/the-off-the-rails-edition/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rational-security-525411/the-off-the-rails-edition.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}