The Anti-weaponization fund may be just the latest misuse of Justice Department settlement authority, but it still has distinctive legal flaws.

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

Russia is winning UN cyber governance—procedurally. Democracies must start leading on a new, positive agenda or lose the game entirely.

Operation Epic Fury has ended; the Iraqi front of the Iran war has not. U.S. pressure on Tehran’s militia infrastructure in Iraq must hold.

The Trump administration settles Trump’s lawsuit against the IRS with $1.776 billion for his allies and blanket immunity from government suits for the Trumps.

Before the executive branch deploys advanced AI systems in its most abuse-prone functions, it should receive congressional approval.

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.