The “SPAAACE LAAAW” Edition

<p>This week, Alan, Quinta and Scott were joined by special guest,&nbsp;<em>Lawfare</em> chief operating officer David Priess! They sat down to discuss:</p><ul><li>“In Byelorussia, Everything . . . Everything is Just Awful”: In an effort to hit back over sanctions, the authoritarian regime in Belarus is <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/world/europe/poland-belarus-border-crisis.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">deliberately admitting refugees</a> only to channel them across its borders with the European Union. How should Europe respond?</li><li>“Taking ‘Tourist Trap’ Too Literally”: In recent years, foreign governments have taken an <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2021/hostage-taking-americans-foreign-governments/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">unprecedented number of U.S. nationals as effective hostages</a>. Is this a failure of U.S. deterrence? Or something else entirely?</li><li>“Space: The Littered Frontier”: A Russian test of an anti-satellite weapon has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/15/science/russia-anti-satellite-missile-test-debris.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">scattered refuse across outer space</a>, threatening the safety of astronauts and potentially complicating space travel in the future.</li></ul><p>For object lessons, Scott made a PSA about&nbsp;<em>Lawfare</em>'s upcoming&nbsp;<a href="https://www.lawfareblog.com/join-us-student-contributor-program-information-session" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">online info session</a>&nbsp;for law students interested in becoming student contributors, taking place this Thursday! Quinta brought attention to a&nbsp;<a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/11/inside-felicia-sonmezs-war-against-the-washington-post.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">recent article</a>&nbsp;on former&nbsp;Washington Post&nbsp;reporter Felicia Somnez and her disturbing treatment after coming forward with her experience being sexually assaulted. Alan endorsed the