Why the “AI race” with China isn’t a race and isn’t worth running.

Washington has no unilateral answer for Russia’s demand to dissolve the legal record of aggression—Ukraine’s most durable leverage.

The EU AI Office gets real enforcement powers in August. Here’s what it can actually do.

The U.S.-Iran war highlights the underappreciated national security benefits of China’s electrostate strategy.

What two World War II naval battles can teach the U.S. Navy today.

The courts are too slow for AI’s pace—and delay is already shaping the outcomes.

A review of Joe Tidy, “Ctrl + Alt + Chaos: How Teenage Hijackers Hijack the Internet” (Hanover Square Press, 2026).

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

The Justice Department report’s measured tone masks a deeper effort to legitimize targeting career officials.

Defending ICE home invasions without judicial warrants, DHS relies in significant part on a 1960 Supreme Court case. Does that hold up?

Post-2022 efforts use ad buys to reach millions—drawing real reactions, Community Notes, and appeals to Grok.