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The U.S. Security Commitment to Qatar and a Path to Peace in Ukraine
A similar guarantee of Ukraine’s armed neutrality or non-alignment could help the country achieve lasting peace. -
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 17
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African Non-State Actors Put Drones on the Attack
Groups are increasingly using weaponized drones across the continent. -
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
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Lawfare is now accepting Spring 2026 internship applications. -
The IEEPA Tariffs Are Based on Pretext
The U.S. trade deficit is not an “unusual and extraordinary threat.” -
Claude’s Right to Die? The Moral Error in Anthropic’s End-Chat Policy
Anthropic has given its AI the right to end conversations when it is “distressed.” But doing so could be akin to unintended suicide. -
Small Beer Surveillance Firms Escape Crackdown, for Now
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. -
The Situation: Thoughts on the John Bolton Indictment
The presumption of innocence is never stronger than when you know the prosecutors are playing dirty at White House direction. -
John Bolton Indicted for Allegedly Mishandling Classified Information
Bolton is the third critic of President Trump to be indicted in the past month. -
Russian Assets Redux: Examining New Proposals for Reparations Loans
New proposals would swap Russian cash in Europe for bonds without disturbing Russia’s legal interest in the final amount. -
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 17
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation targeting actions from President Trump. -
The Rule of Law and Major Questions Within Article III
Lower courts’ insistence that the Supreme Court be explicit when overruling precedent is an issue of intra-judicial politics, not the rule of law. -
Lawfare Daily: Prosecuting Terrorism and the Pursuit of Justice, with Jake Tapper
Discussing the investigation, prosecution, and conviction of al-Qaeda operative Spin Ghul. -
‘Slaughter’-ing Humphrey’s Executor
The Supreme Court will decide whether to overturn long-standing precedent that protects independent agencies in Trump v. Slaughter. -
Rational Security: The “Don’t Upset the Masks” Edition
Scott Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, Kate Klonick, and Molly Roberts talked through the week’s big national security news stories. -
Authoritarian Soft Power
A review of Alexander Cooley and Alexander Dukalskis, “Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics” (Oxford University Press, 2025). -
Lawfare Daily: Serhii Plokhii on the History of the Nuclear Arms Race
Discussing nuclear proliferation and international efforts to tame it. -
The Situation: Democracy Dies in Both Sides-ism
The Washington Post editorial on the Comey indictment was a failure of moral reasoning. -
Israel, Qatar, and the Limits of Self-Defense
Israel’s airstrike in Doha, which was a serious violation of international law, risks normalizing preventive war under Article 51.
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Rational Security: The “Adverse Possession” Edition
Scott Anderson, Tyler McBrien and Alex Zerden talked through a few of the week’s big national security news stories. -
The Difficulty of Coding Terrorism
Terrorism researchers must recognize ambiguities in inclusion, coding, and analysis as they use data to inform policy. -
Regulating Commercial Spyware Through Export Controls
The Wassenaar export controls offer insights into the regulation of commercial spyware, making them instructive for current initiatives.
