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Water Wars: Japan Focused on Defense Expansion, while U.S. Makes a Soft-Power Push
Japan boosts defense spending and emphasizes defense cooperation with the U.S. and Australia as the possibility of a Taiwan emergency grows, while the U.S. makes an economic push in Southeast Asia, and c... -
The Flawed Claims About Bias in Facial Recognition
Recent improvements in face recognition show that disparities previously chalked up to bias are largely the result of a couple of technical issues. -
The Lawfare Podcast: YouTube Influencers and the Chinese Government
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Rational Security 2.0: The ‘Wet February’ Edition
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What’s ‘Politicizing’ the 2022 Winter Olympics?
Chinese officials claim the U.S. diplomatic boycott is politicizing the games, but the Olympics have always been political. -
Shadow Sanctions for Immigration Violations
Although the INA strictly imposes deportation for all immigration offenses, immigration law does not, in practice, have only one penalty—but these sanctions are imposed arbitrarily and in the shadows of ... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
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Specters of Fear and Executive Power
A review of David M. Driesen, “The Specter of Dictatorship: Judicial Enabling of Presidential Power” (Stanford University Press, 2021). -
The Lawfare Podcast: Afghanistan Six Months After the Taliban Takeover
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Lawfare Live: Current Round of China Legislation.
Join Editor In Chief Bejamin Wittes this Friday at 12:30 for a live taping of The Lawfare Podcast, with guests Susan A. Thornton and Jordan Schneider to talk the latest legislation regarding China. -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Regulatory Swagger Comes to Washington
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U.S. State Department Picks Apart PRC’s South China Sea Customary Law Claim
A recent State Department legal analysis highlights the unique roles that the United States plays in interpreting and enforcing maritime law in the South China Sea. This legal diplomacy also illustrates ... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Lawfare’s daily roundup of national security news and opinion. -
Livestream: U.N. Security Council Emergency Session on Russian Military Aggression Toward Ukraine
The United Nations Security Council held an emergency session at 10 a.m. on Jan. 31 to discuss threats to international peace and security caused by the buildup of Russian military personnel along the Uk... -
The Lawfare Podcast: What the French Third Republic Can Teach Us About January 6
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The Week That Will Be
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An Important Development in the Law of Diplomatic Appointments
With the Department of State Authorization Act of 2021, President Biden signed into law substantial constraints on ad hoc diplomatic appointments. Here’s an explainer on the new law’s background and key ... -
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Prepublication Review and the Quicksand Foundation of Snepp
The U.S. government’s prepublication review process is a mammoth system of prior restraint that impacts the speech of millions. What's its legal foundation?
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Don’t Count on Courts to Rein In Unregulated AI
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Inside the World of Teen Cybercrime
A review of Joe Tidy, “Ctrl + Alt + Chaos: How Teenage Hijackers Hijack the Internet” (Hanover Square Press, 2026). -
Scaling Laws: Escaping One-Size-Fits-All AI Policy with Sean Perryman
