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The AI Threat We’re Not Talking About
AI employees are raising concerns about an extinction-level event. But there’s a more immediate threat. -
Lawfare Live: Debriefing the D.C. Circuit's Argument Over Contempt Inquiry
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Parsing the UN Fact-Finding Mission’s Report on U.S. Strikes in Iran
The UN Fact-Finding Commission concludes that the United States has committed war crimes. It could have said more to make a convincing case. -
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, September 25
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America’s Samurai Myth
Reconsidering Obama’s Syria red line and its lessons for Iran. -
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
The FBI Data Breach Is a Counterintelligence Disaster
Hackers stole thousands of FBI employees’ data, including about new hires and people in sensitive roles. It’s like giving a foreign adversary a gold mine. -
The Full Stack of U.S.-China Cyber Competition
A review of Ahana Datta Fasel, “Full Stack Spies: Cyber Espionage in the Age of US-China Competition” (Hurst, 2026). -
Bring On the AI Lawsuits
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. -
Lawfare Daily: Iran War Update—and How We Got Here
How has the gutting of the national security apparatus in Washington affected the way the Iran war is being waged? -
The CFTC Is Tying Its Own Hands on Prediction Markets
How industry-friendly regulators are misapplying the Commodity Exchange Act and weaponizing administrative law to wrap themselves in red tape. -
Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, September 25
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation surrounding the Trump administration. -
Rational Security: “The Right Kind of American for Rational Security” Edition
Scott Anderson, Natalie Orpett and Julia Curlee talked through the week’s big news in national security. -
New York Could Share Frontier AI Safety Reports Nationwide Without New Legislation
An existing financial-regulatory platform could provide a secure channel for states to share confidential frontier AI safety reports. -
Lawfare Daily: The Houthi War Against Saudi Arabia
Gregory Johnsen discusses the current war in Yemen. -
Siege Warfare by Other Means: The U.S. Economic Measures Against Cuba
How the Trump Administration is using starvation and misery to achieve regime change in Cuba. -
International Law in the Cuban Missile Crisis
Although important for justifying the blockade of Cuba, international law did not meaningfully constrain the Kennedy administration during the crisis. -
Lawfare Daily: Emily Benson on What Economic Security Is, and How We Should Think About It
How are the U.S. and China wielding economic security tools against each other? -
Bootstrapping Frontier AI Governance by Mutualizing Risk
With frontier AI companies’ money on the line, a mutual insurer would enforce standards, peer review incidents, and pool safety research and development. -
AI Overviews and the Limits of the Search Safe Harbor
A regional court in Germany ordered Google to answer for apparent falsehoods about a Munich publishing house provided by its AI overview feature.
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Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, October 2
Listen to the October 2 livestream as a podcast.
