A campaign of firings and clearance revocations is teaching the intelligence community that silence is the only job security.

Last week, the Alien Terrorist Removal Court had its first case in 30 years. We dive into DOJ’s awakening of a controversial court.

Would a nuclear-armed Japan be a deterrence shortcut or a source of instability?

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A recent AI security incident during a frontier model internal evaluation demonstrates the need for better information sharing requirements.

A review of Doyle K. Hodges, “The Rise of US Military Legalism: A New Theory of Military Professionalism” (Routledge, 2026).

The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.

Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” in Latin America inverts a policy that, properly understood, abided by and reinforced constraints on unilateral presidential force.

Current export controls are the worst of both worlds: Key technology leaks to China, while controls weaken U.S. firms’ incentive to invest.

Commercial satellite imagery now serves accountability and military operations, but the law has not caught up.

Future AI risks will be harder to address ad hoc.

The Lawfare Institute—publisher of information and insight at the intersection of national security, law and policy—seeks a motivated full-time associate editor focused on artificial intelligence. 

As private actors take on more federal functions, states retain broad but bounded authority to hold federal contractors accountable.

In their own words, researchers describe how anti-hacking laws push them to abandon work, stockpile flaws, or quit the field entirely.