Jill Goldenziel

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.

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

The sequel to Murthy v. Missouri is going to be legendary.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

I am trying to cut thousands of words from a law review article draft, I hear Redyip crying loudly, and I miss Dan Markel.

Law Professors and Lawyers: have you figured out how to use AI to do your Bluebooking? Is Zotero still the best citation manager?

Law Professors and Lawyers: have you figured out how to use AI to do your Bluebooking? Is Zotero still the best citation manager? #lawsky

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.

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The definition of national security keeps expanding—and your business may be paying for it. Tariffs are the fastest example.

Tariff hits → supplier reprices → customer refuses → contract is vague → inventory is on the water.

Want the 5-step Tariff Shock Checklist?

DM “TARIFF” for a gut-check.

❗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

The Dutch seized a Chinese chipmaker and tested what it's like to decouple from China. The US and Europe failed.

My @forbes column shows how corporate control disputes instantly become supply chain crises—and how unready Western businesses are for decoupling.
www.forbes.com/sites/jillgo...

The Dutch tested what it's like to decouple from China. The US and Europe failed.

My latest @forbes.com column explains how corporate control disputes can instantly become supply chain crises—and why PRC firms are far more prepared for decoupling than the West.

www.forbes.com/sites/jillgo...

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

Is your business on the right side of history?

Maritime disruptions, foreign data laws, cyber fallout, and influence campaigns aren’t abstract risks.
They define 2025.

Your business is already part of geopolitical competition.
Scenario planning is how you stay ahead.

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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

Global chaos isn’t going away.

That’s why I write The Strategic Lead—a newsletter explaining what world chaos means for you.
Subscribe to make better decisions in a world on fire. bit.ly/jillnewsletter

#lawsky

🔥 The world's on fire. Here's what matters.

In my new newsletter The Strategic Lead, I help you make sense of chaos.

Get research, real-world lessons, and practical strategies drawn from my work with military officers and global executives. Subscribe free at bit.ly/jillnewsletter

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I just want an app that I can point at any piece of equipment in any gym, anywhere, and it will pop out detailed instructions on how to use it with a video and explanation of which muscle groups it works.

AI-generated image with Jill Goldenziel’s headshot, a Forbes logo, a pig, a bloody knife, a phone with a heart emoji, and maps of Cambodia and Brooklyn. Caption $15 B in Bitcoin. Human Trafficking. Global Crime.

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

42 Percent Of The World Is Buying China’s Anti-U.S. Narrative At the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, China and Russia pushed an anti-US narrative. Xi’s legal warfare and India’s role show rising risks in a time of tariffs.

42% of the world now buys China’s anti-U.S. narrative. At the SCO Summit, Xi & Putin painted America as the threat—backed by new institutions & info ops. If the U.S. doesn’t act fast, it risks losing allies.

📰 My @forbes.com column: www.forbes.com/sites/jillgo...

My new @HarvardILJ article shows how weaker states have leveraged the International Court of Justice (@cij_icj) to prevail against stronger powers.
Read it here! buff.ly/qQHBcbP

#miltwitter #lawtwitter #academictwitter

Thanks @bryanpeeler.bsky.social !

More reading to do!

Superpowers don’t have a monopoly on power. My new @HarvardILJ article shows how smaller states use lawfare to challenge giants at the ICJ. The rules of geopolitics are changing—are you ready? #lawsky #academicsky
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