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A review of Vali Nasr’s “Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History” (Princeton University Press, 2025)

The statutory codification of the Cuba embargo limits U.S. options to change sanctions.

Recent statutory reforms are working, so discredited arguments and misleading claims shouldn’t be allowed to derail reauthorization.

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

Following a public scandal involving the old MAG, the new MAG terminated proceedings against soldiers charged with serious abuse of a Palestinian detainee.

The latest MSPB case poses significant concerns for the civil service.

It isn’t easy for the executive to impose election requirements, because the Constitution makes it impossible. But that hasn’t stopped the president from trying.