Biomanufacturing data is a critical strategic asset, and the U.S. is failing to use it.

With Congress disinclined to rein in the president, it will likely fall to the courts to interpret what the provisions of the Insurrection Act actually mean.

While acting under state authority, the traditional status of the National Guard, guard personnel lack statutory authority to detect, track, or mitigate drone threats.

The government is using export control law to force Anthropic to cut access to its most powerful models. The legal authority is plausible but the facts remain murky.

The country’s counterterrorism strategy cannot address the range of root causes driving conflict across different regions.

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A review of Samanth Subramanian, “The Web Beneath the Waves: The Fragile Cables That Connect Our World” (Columbia Global Reports, 2025).

Regulations that force developers to disclose trade secrets to the public could violate the Constitution. How can regulators respond?

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

The criticism of the techniques used in the FBI’s investigation of the false electors plot, much like the critiques of how it was opened, do not bear scrutiny.

The United States has the authority and the justification to lift the last vestiges of U.S. sanctions. What it appears to lack is the will.