An obscure Hague tribunal trended on Twitter. Once. I woke up just to see it. This week's Strategic Lead breaks down why, plus a 5-minute habit that's changed the outcome of board pitches I've coached. 📍 Get it here: bit.ly/jillnewsletter

A country that couldn't win on the battlefield won in court instead. Ten years ago the Philippines beat China in the South China Sea Arbitration. Read My Latest @Forbes on why it changed the rules of the game: buff.ly/dBc90W7 #law #leadership #speaking #consulting #marines #business

China spent ten years denouncing a ruling it swears is meaningless. You don't launch a worldwide media campaign to condemn something meaningless. Read my latest in @Forbes: buff.ly/dBc90W7 #law #leadership #speaking #consulting #marines #business

Ten years ago, the Philippines beat China in the South China Sea Arbitration. China called the ruling "waste paper." It also hasn't built a new island in the Spratlys since, and won't say why. My latest @Forbes: buff.ly/dBc90W7

If your business runs on data, you face a threat on the ocean floor. Ships are cutting the cables carrying 99% of global data—on purpose. My latest @Forbes, plus what to do about it: buff.ly/yzoAfIl

Russia requires foreign submarines transiting the Arctic to surface and notify Moscow ninety days in advance. We have let this stand since 2022. This week in The Strategic Lead, my newsletter on law, leadership & national security. → bit.ly/jillnewsletter

China's distant-water fishing fleet isn't a fisheries problem. It's a strategy. New article — "Fishy Lawfare," forthcoming in the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law — argues IUU fishing is how authoritarian states weaponize international law itself. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

🚨 You don't need to fire a shot to take the Arctic. You just need to rewrite the rules — one legal claim at a time. That's what Russia and China are doing right now. Read my new @WaronTheRocks piece with Kathy Paradis and Kathryn Bryk Friedman: buff.ly/XkPqKv7 #law #nationalsecurity #military

2 kinds of cognitive surrender. Both are happening right now. And both are costing us more than we think. One is at the Strait of Hormuz. One is in your business. Both are in this issue of my newsletter, The Strategic Lead: bit.ly/jillnewsletter #law #leadership #nationalsecurity #speaking

Five talks. Three weeks. Four cities. One through-line: lawfare is defining competition in geopolitics and business. The leaders who understand this win. If your organization needs to understand how adversaries are using law as a weapon — and what to do about it — DM me.

Join me Friday morning at the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, United States Naval Academy annual McCain conference. I'll be speaking about -- you guessed it -- lawfare. #law #leadership #marines #ethics #speaking

Every boardroom in the world should be reading the news from the Strait of Hormuz. The companies that navigate this moment well aunderstood the legal architecture — and its vulnerabilities — before the crisis hit. Read My Latest @Forbes buff.ly/7VxpjWv #law #leadership #nationalsecurity #military

The hype has leaders reaching for AI as a solution to every problem. That’s a mistake. Subscribe to my newsletter, The Strategic Lead, for the breakdown—and more on strategy and leadership in the age of AI. bit.ly/jillnewsletter

Most corporate strategy is fantasy. Scenario planning forces leaders to ask the questions they avoid until it is too late: What breaks first? Where are we exposed? What do we do if the world changes fast? I taught this on Day 5 of my University of Hawai‘i Law course. DM me if your team needs this.

You're not burned out because you work too hard. 🔥 You're burned out because you're not thinking ahead. Subscribe to my newsletter The Strategic Lead. This issue: Iran war breakdown, lessons from The Hard Skills podcast, and 20% off leadership coaching. ⏰ bit.ly/jillnewsletter. 👆

Is the war with Iran actually legal? ⚖️🌍 In my latest newsletter Strategic Lead, I break it all down. I've been teaching the relevant authorities to America's warfighters for 10 years. 👉 Subscribe to my newsletter The Strategic Lead. bit.ly/jillnewsletter #law #leadership #nationalsecurity

Thrilled to join the board of the new Program on International Lawfare and Security at Arizona State University! Check us out, find out what we can do for you, support our work, and support the warfighter! #law #leadership #nationalsecurity

Pondering how I speak on 3 continents in 1 week this Spring. And the 2 new speaking invitations that came in today. I have a few keynote slots left for Q2. Are you ready to lead in a world on fire? DM me. #law #leadership #nationalsecurity #risk #speaking #consulting

If you build it, they will come . . . so you'd better be there. A civilian university has stepped up to the plate. A new Lawfare Program is in the works. More to follow soon. ⚾️🌽 *Background created with ChatGPT. The photo is really me.

Export controls aren’t just for defense/tech anymore. If you sell globally or rely on global suppliers/partners, you’re exposed. Checklist: where do we sell? what do we rely on? who are intermediaries? what stops in 24h? who owns it? DM for a gut-check.

📈 The definition of national security keeps expanding. And it could be hurting your business. 🌏 Because now tariffs aren’t just “trade policy.” They’re being used as a national security tool. (Day 3 of my National Security, Legal Strategy, & Business Risk Course at U of Hawaii at Manoa Law School).

Your next supply-chain shock might not be missiles—it might be 2,000 “fishing boats.” China’s maritime militia uses civilian cover to create legal ambiguity and disrupt sea lanes. Read my latest @Forbes. DM me for a board-ready checklist on how to prepare. buff.ly/Ps1WmqL

❗You think you’re ready for 2026. ❗But your business is one headline away from a crisis. 👀 Day 2 of my UH Mānoa Law course: corporate governance for national security risk. Sanctions snap fast, chokepoints squeeze supply chains, and “we didn’t know” won’t fly. Want a governance gut-check? DM me.

A line on a map can hit your margins faster than a missile. Governments are using law to squeeze companies—quietly and “legally.” That’s lawfare. It looks like bureaucracy… until it hits your P&L. Want a quick gut-check? DM me “LAWFARE" for a free discovery call.

They asked all the questions everyone else is afraid to ask. They made me sweat. And I loved every minute of it. Kudos to the students of the National War College for being one of my toughest lawfare audiences for 2 years running--and one of my favorites. #law #leadership

I’ve been to more public Chabad-led Hanukah parties and menorah lightings than I can count, including last year in San Francisco. The Bondi Beach shooting feels strangely personal. Hanukah teaches us about finding light in darkness. I’m hoping to find and create that light.

Is your business on the right side of history? This Jan, I'm teaching my new course, National Security, Legal Strategy, and Business Risk, at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Law School. I designed the course to help future leaders build strategy before the world forces them to react. #leadership

Happy 250th Birthday, US Marine Corps! Thanks for welcoming me into the family and making me a better teacher, leader, and person. So proud to serve alongside you today and always. #law #leadership #nationalsecurity #marines #military #speaking #consulting #teaching #learning

76,000 fake social media accounts. Thousands of people trafficked and beaten. $15 billion in Bitcoin seized for US coffers. The aftermath raises huge geopolitical questions--and lots of risk. 📖 Read my latest in @Forbes www.forbes.com/sites/jillgo...

🎤 Honored to accept my imaginary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction — for Best Law Review Article Named After a Song. 😂 If it existed, my Cornell piece “Law as a Battlefield” would win. Thanks to academia, the 1st Amendment, Pat Benatar, the Combatant Commands, & @asilorg.bsky.social 🤘⚖️ #lawsky