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

The Memorandum of Understanding with Iran will end the U.S.-Iran conflict without ending the war.

A review of Martin Moore and Thomas Colley, “Dictating Reality: The Global Battle to Control the News” (Columbia University Press 2025).

A Supreme Court justice says Congress virtually never can reclaim power it delegates to the president. History suggests that it isn’t so.

Accuracy isn’t enough—agencies must detect when trusted AI misuses legitimate access. Enter: AI counterintelligence.

Biomanufacturing data is a critical strategic asset, and the U.S. is failing to use it.

With Congress disinclined to rein in the president, it will likely fall to the courts to interpret what the provisions of the Insurrection Act actually mean.

While acting under state authority, the traditional status of the National Guard, guard personnel lack statutory authority to detect, track, or mitigate drone threats.

The government is using export control law to force Anthropic to cut access to its most powerful models. The legal authority is plausible but the facts remain murky.

The country’s counterterrorism strategy cannot address the range of root causes driving conflict across different regions.

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