A research-first approach with respect to AI could ensure related policy debates are grounded in the technical aspects of AI rather than abstract political arguments.

Your weekly summary of everything on the site.

The government’s actions this year on sensitive personal data reflect a welcome, albeit uneasy, consensus, but don’t expect immediate results.

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

Special agreements could play a role in ending humanitarian violations, but questions of validity—and enforcement—remain.

Buying and selling real estate in the Occupied Palestinian Territories violates international law and various UN resolutions, and may constitute a war crime under the Rome Statute.

The sheer scale of the breach and the way in which the data was first collected should be a national security wake-up call.

Smith has reworked the Jan. 6 case against Trump in light of the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity.

No, the Court has proved over the years—and especially over the past year—that we can’t.

After the Hamas leader’s killing, Iran has threatened to attack Israel. But such an action would be difficult to justify as self-defense.

The feud between AI “doomers” and “ethicists” holds AI governance back. Advancing shared policy interests could shift the tide.