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Lessons Learned From the TikTok Saga
I got the law right but the institutions wrong. -
Lawfare Daily: How Social Media Threatens Democracy, with Rick Pildes
Discussing the link between social media and threats to democracy. -
The European Commission’s Rejection of Latombe
The rejection leaves the DPF politically fragile, legally untested at the Court of Justice, and vulnerable to shifts in Washington. -
Offensive Cyber Operations and Combat Effectiveness After Ukraine
Ukraine’s offensive cyber strategy demonstrates that Western governments need to adopt a “responsibly irresponsible” warfighting approach. -
Lawfare Daily: Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 31
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Why Trump’s Madman Act Doesn’t Work
The administration’s approach of “strategic uncertainty” is unlikely to produce better deals. -
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
The Appellate Void: Trump Could Defy Judges Without Confronting the Supreme Court
By refusing to appeal adverse rulings, a president could defy lower courts while denying higher courts any clear path to intervene. -
The Situation: James Comey Is Just Asking Questions
So many motions; so many options for dismissal. -
Peter Williams, Ex-ASD, Pleads Guilty to Selling Eight Exploits to Russia
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. -
Scaling Laws: The GoLaxy Revelations: China's AI-Driven Influence Operations, with Brett Goldstein, Brett Benson, and Renée DiResta
Discussing the evolution of influence operations. -
The Unitary Artificial Executive
Previous expansions of presidential power were still constrained by human limitations. Artificial intelligence eliminates those constraints. -
Rational Security: The "Tyler's Revenge" Edition
Scott Anderson, Ari Tabatabai and Tyler McBrien talked through the week’s big news in national security. -
The Case Against Unbounded Delegation in Trump v. V.O.S. Selections
Unlike IEEPA, all foreign affairs delegations mentioned in the Court’s canonical Curtiss-Wright decision were cabined delegations. -
Lawfare Daily: Why We Fall for Charlatans, with Quico Toro
How has technological change made charlatanism one of today’s most urgent crises? -
The Situation: How Much Less Free Are We?
I gave a speech. -
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 31
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation targeting actions from President Trump. -
A Primer on FBI Personnel Disputes
The removal of Brian Driscoll demonstrates how a structure intended to protect investigative independence can also obscure accountability. -
Lawfare Daily: NATO’s Eastern Flank: The View from Lithuania
How has Lithuania responding to the Russia-Ukraine War? -
Trump’s Demolition Derby
The president’s project to build a ballroom where the White House’s East Wing once stood is an end run around the law.
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Rational Security: The “Happy FrAIday” Edition
Scott Anderson sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Kevin Frazier, Roger Parloff, and Molly Roberts to talk through some of the week’s big news in AI. -
Harsh Confinement
A review of W. Fitzhugh Brundage, “A Fate Worse Than Hell: American Prisoners of the Civil War” (Norton, 2026). -
Open-Weight Model Advances Make the Mythos Debate Moot
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
