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Navigating Crises With a Lower Bar to Nuclear War
When tactical nuclear weapons are at the fore, devastating and uncontrollable outcomes are never more than a few hours away. -
Lawfare Daily: State Cyber Corps and Volunteer Programs
What are the cyber threats facing states? -
Procedure as Substance in the UN Cybercrime Convention
The convention, which just opened for signature, is substantively similar to the Budapest Convention, but it is procedurally different, and that may make all the difference. -
Worried About AI Monopoly? Embrace Copyright’s Limits
Copyright’s limits play essential antimonopoly functions. Undermining them in the context of AI is likely to strengthen Big Tech. -
Lawfare Daily: Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 24
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What the Iran Strikes Mean for Nuclear Diplomacy
The nonproliferation regime remains strong—maybe even stronger than before. -
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
Trial Dispatch: The Arraignment of Letitia James
A view from inside the Eastern District of Virginia courtroom where New York Attorney General Letitia James pleaded not guilty to mortgage fraud. -
The Truth Shall (Maybe) Set You Free
A review of Tim Weiner, “The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century” (Mariner Books, 2025). -
How Trump Violated the Law to Pay the Military
The president spent research and development money to pay the troops, violating appropriations law and a slew of other statutes. -
Watchdog Urges Preservation of Records Related to Halligan’s Signal Chat
The group American Oversight warned the prosecutor’s disappearing Signal messages could qualify as “federal records.” -
America's Private Sector Is Hacking for Godot
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. -
The Situation: On Humor
If you are not mocking The Situation, The Situation is dominating you. -
Letitia James Asks Court to Curb Prosecutors’ Extrajudicial Statements
Lawfare Senior Editor Anna Bower’s recent article recounting a Signal exchange with U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan precipitated the motion. -
Technical Standards: America’s Forgotten Tool of Statecraft
The AI race isn’t only about chips or tariffs. It’s also about who writes the technical standards shaping the world’s systems. -
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Oct. 24
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation targeting actions from President Trump. -
Copyright Should Not Protect Artists From Artificial Intelligence
The purpose of intellectual property law is to incentivize the production of new ideas, not to function as a welfare scheme for artists. -
Lawfare Daily: External Powers Competition in Africa: Aid, Security, Tech—and African Agency
How are African states responding to external powers competing for influence in Africa? -
Reconfiguring U.S. Cyber Strategy in the Wake of Salt Typhoon
Persistent penetration of domestic networks makes coordinated defenses and robust deterrence essential to preventing cyber conflict. -
Rational Security: The “Pickled Fish in Cozy Sweaters” Edition
Scott Anderson sat down with Eric Columbus, Anastasiia Lapatina, and Loren Voss to talk through the week’s big news in national security.
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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.
