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A database of non-compliance with court orders around the country.

A review of Vali Nasr’s “Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History” (Princeton University Press, 2025)

The statutory codification of the Cuba embargo limits U.S. options to change sanctions.

Recent statutory reforms are working, so discredited arguments and misleading claims shouldn’t be allowed to derail reauthorization.

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

Following a public scandal involving the old MAG, the new MAG terminated proceedings against soldiers charged with serious abuse of a Palestinian detainee.

The latest MSPB case poses significant concerns for the civil service.

It isn’t easy for the executive to impose election requirements, because the Constitution makes it impossible. But that hasn’t stopped the president from trying.

A cable endorsing a social media platform by name as a tool of U.S. diplomacy and  military psychological operations would have been unthinkable—until recently.

Privatized cyberwar will complicate oversight, create counterintelligence risks, fuel arms races and insecurity, and put civilians at risk.

A recent hearing offered the clearest indication yet that Judge Boulee might rule against Fulton County's motion for return of property.

Judge Paul Friedman hears a motion to compel compliance with his order to restore press access to the Pentagon.