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

A review of Mejias and Couldry, “Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back” (University of Chicago Press, 2024).

Toying with the lives of Ukrainians in the United States

Zuckerberg’s decision is a profound step backward that will amplify the spread of hate and misogyny—and further erode American democracy.

If the United States and its allies and partners are to remain secure, intelligence sharing needs an upgrade.

Congress, not the president, has the authority to determine U.S. foreign assistance policy.

Agencies push back against Musk’s demand that employees report on their recent activities.

The United States’s rational response to recent Chinese advances in AI is international collaboration, not an AI race.

A roundup of foreign policy and national security statements from Trump’s first address to Congress since re-election.

Institutional impediments prevent military lawyers at tactical units from serving as bulwarks against military misuse.

The Trump administration’s firings threaten the procedural due-process rights of individuals who appear before adjudicatory agencies.

The only bias that may be rightly ascribed to the ICC is bias against criminal atrocity.

Geographic barriers to AI expertise threaten progress. A national strategy for diffusing AI knowledge may be essential.

I asked Winston Churchill.