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The Situation: Comments on the Meta-Situation
One year of The Situation. -
The Year That Was (2025)
The issues—and Lawfare coverage—that kept our editors up at night in 2025. -
Rational Security: The “Inadequate Chicken Moved to Inferior Location” Special End-of-Year Edition
Scott Anderson sat down with Benjamin Wittes, Anna Bower, and Tyler McBrien to talk over listener-submitted topics and object lessons for the annual end-of-year episode. -
Scaling Laws: A Year That Felt Like a Decade: 2025 Recap with Sen. Maroney & Neil Chilson
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Military Neutrality Is Fidelity
Fidelity to the Constitution requires officers to protect, not supplant, constitutional institutions. -
Lawfare Daily: Tom Brzozowski on Domestic Terrorism Investigations and Prosecutions
Discussing recent changes by the White House and Justice Department with respect to domestic terrorism investigations and prosecutions. -
Foreign Terrorist Designations Pose Civil Liberties Concerns
Foreign Antifa designations risk enabling surveillance of domestic critics by creating a foreign nexus for expanded counterterrorism powers. -
Lawfare Daily: The 2026 National Defense Authorization Act
Discussing the key provisions in the NDAA. -
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
U.S. Intelligence Agencies Have Not Aged Well
A review of Jeffrey P. Rogg, “The Spy and the State: The History of American Intelligence” (Oxford University Press, 2025). -
Lawfare Daily: The Year that Was
Lawfare contributors reflect on 2025. -
When Is a Drug a Weapon? The Legal Puzzles of Designating Fentanyl a ‘Weapon of Mass Destruction’
President Trump’s WMD designation could have major implications for civil-military relations and asset forfeiture, if courts agree. -
Scaling Laws: Cass Sunstein on What AI Can and Cannot Do
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The Military’s Social Media Purge
Nobody can tell what’s covered by the military’s newest standards for online speech. That’s the point. -
Lawfare Daily: Civ-Mil Relations: Where Are We Now and How Did We Get Here?
Assessing the current state of civil-military affairs. -
China’s AI Governance Ambitions and Their Implications for Free Expression
China is exporting its AI governance model; democracies must act now or risk letting others define the future of speech. -
Lawfare Lecture: The Making of the MAGA New Right with Dr. Laura Field, Lecture 1
Watch the first class of the lecture series. -
The U.K.’s Cybersecurity Refresh
The country’s anticipated cyber strategy will need to sharpen its focus while better implementing its provisions. -
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, Dec. 19
Listen to the Dec. 19 livestream as a podcast. -
Why the Sahel’s Violence Is More Than a Local Problem
Terrorist groups are expanding their reach and affecting U.S. and other countries’ interests.
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Does Product Liability Offer a Route Around Section 230?
Lawsuits against social media companies are addressing not only Section 230, but also product liability law and the First Amendment. -
Rational Security: The “Authentic Flavors, Real Fruit” Edition
Scott Anderson sat down with Molly Roberts, Tyler McBrien, and Renée DiResta to talk through the week’s big national security news stories. -
The Transatlantic Relationship You Knew Is Gone
NATO can be recast, not restored.
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