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Exploring Ukraine’s Armed Neutrality or Nonalignment: Legal and Policy Considerations
Armed neutrality or nonalignment can ensure Ukraine’s security outside NATO, but with robust Western security obligations and Russian concessions. -
The Trump Admin’s Embrace of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation
The targets, rhetoric, and legal justifications of ideological exclusion and deportation may change over time, but the motivation—suppressing dissent—remains the same. -
Scaling Laws: A New AI Regulatory Regime? SB 813 with Lauren Wagner and Andrew Freedman
What is the current regulatory landscape for AI? -
How a Tax Subpoena in Ohio Tests European Privacy Law
The IRS’s request for Irish employee data provides insight into the GDPR’s ability to impede American subpoenas. -
Lawfare Daily: Sezaneh Seymour and Brandon Wales on Private-Sector Cyber Operations
Reevaluating whether offensive cyber operations should be a a government-only function. -
The Situation: Not Genocide Is Not High Praise
Israeli policy in Gaza is indefensible. -
What Comes Next in AI Regulation?
While the administration’s AI Action Plan received a surprisingly positive reception, its ambitious scope may make implementation difficult. -
Eight Takeaways From the Texas Flood Tragedy
There are steps lawmakers can take today to avert the full human costs of these extreme weather events. -
Lawfare Daily: Trials of the Trump Administration, July 25
Listen to the July 25 livestream as a podcast. -
The Situation: On the Foolishness of Crowds
Why are the markets and the economy just chugging along? -
Why the United States Should Not Fear a Space Pearl Harbor
Some concerns about the resilience of defense satellites are exaggerated or outdated. -
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
Can the Military Fight Climate Change?
A review of Sherri Goodman, “Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership, and the Fight for Global Security” (Island Press, 2024). -
Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance Demands Broader Data Protections
As adversary surveillance capabilities expand, the U.S. national security community faces grave threats. Broader data protections can help. -
Scaling Laws: Rapid Response to the AI Action Plan
What is in the Trump administration's AI Action Plan? -
The Situation: Pam Bondi Announces a Ghost Investigation
Let’s read her statement on “Russiagate” carefully. -
The End Game for Schedule G
Schedule G reflects a broader trend of moving the civil service back toward a patronage system, favoring loyalty over expertise. -
ICJ Releases Advisory Opinion On States’ Obligations to Address Climate Change
The UN’s highest court found that states must address the “urgent and existential threat” of climate change and opened the door for recourse on noncompliance. -
The U.S. Cannot Prevent Every AI Biothreat—But It Can Outpace Them
Just like LLMs generate text, PLMs generate proteins—but there is no playbook to manage the risks. -
Lawfare Daily: Conversations from Aspen, Part 2: Ali Nazary on the Future of Afghanistan and Sam Charap on the Ukraine Conflict
Scott R. Anderson is sharing more of the conversations he had at the Aspen Security Forum.
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Lawfare Live, The Now: Anna Bower's Signal Exchange with Lindsey Halligan
At 8pm ET watch Benjamin Wittes and Anna Bower discuss Bower's new article. -
James Comey Seeks Dismissal of Indictment, Claims Vindictive Prosecution
Comey’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss, citing President Trump’s public attacks. -
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here.”
My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.