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President Trump’s new “America First” National Security Strategy (NSS) is a stark departure from previous strategies.

Prosecutors are satisfying the definition of insanity—doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

What if I wanted to project an unflattering image of Kash Patel on the FBI building?

A review of Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders, “Rewiring Democracy: How AI Will Transform Our Politics, Government, and Citizenship” (The MIT Press, 2025).

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

Israel’s economic warfare and the hidden monetary and financial roots of Palestine’s humanitarian crisis.

Regulation has already been hard enough for static AI models.

The question is not if insurers will play a role, but rather how to ensure they play a socially beneficial one.

Zelensky folds to critics and sacks his ultra-powerful chief of staff.

A novel strategy for social media platforms dealing with local de facto authorities like the Taliban.

Understanding incels, school shooters, and the new category of terrorism, “nihilistic violent extremism.”

On the FBI director’s penchant for commenting on pending matters.

Members of Congress are wrong to call the strikes war crimes in the absence of an armed conflict, but the strikes are serious crimes under international law.