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A History of LGBT Officers & the Central Intelligence Agency
The CIA spent seven decades moving from purging LGBT officers to embracing them—until the second Trump administration began undoing that work. -
Lawfare Daily: What’s So Special About a Special Grand Jury?
Anna Bower discusses the Justice Department reportedly empaneling a special grand jury in Washington, D.C. -
The Risks of Getting Russian and Chinese Nuclear Strategy Wrong
Strategists must understand the great powers’ different approaches to nuclear use. -
Lawfare Daily: The Complicated Past and Present of Ukraine’s Relations with Poland
A Ukranian historian breaks down the current diplomatic dispute between Ukraine and Poland. -
White House Releases National Security Science & Technology Strategy
The document highlights the importance of leadership in emerging technologies and warns of losing the advantage to China. -
Fighting While Talking: The Iran War Enters Its Bargaining Phase
In war, the guns do not fall silent so the diplomats can speak. The guns often speak for them. -
The U.S. and Lithuania Clash Over Belarusian Potash
The critical mineral has driven a wedge between Washington and Vilnius, as the Trump administration pressures a NATO ally to engage with Belarus—sidestepping the EU in the process. -
In the Line of Fire: Legal Risks for Tech in Conflict Zones
From targetability to liability, tech companies face expanding risks in conflict zones. -
Scaling Laws: Matt Abrams on Trust and the Migration to the Digital Age
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Lawfare Daily: Vinh Nguyen, Elham Tabassi, and Kat Duffy on How to Design a Better AI Regulator
Discussing the FINRA-style AI regulator reportedly under White House review. -
What’s So Special About a Special Grand Jury?
A primer on how special grand juries work, what federal law actually permits them to do, and why this one might backfire. -
Justice Department Releases Opinion on Military Arrests Near Borders
The Office of Legal Counsel asserted that arrests by military personnel near national defense areas do not violate the Posse Comitatus Act. -
Chasing Surveillance Powers, Canada Risks the CLOUD Act Deal It Needs
Bill C-22’s anti-security powers could cost Canada the tool it needs most to modernize investigations for the cloud era. -
Lawfare Daily: Trans and Indispensable in the Trump White House
Former CIA officer Julia Curlee discusses the purge of the NSC in the first 70 days of Trump’s second presidency. -
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, August 14
Listen to the August 14 livestream as a podcast. -
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
Reviving Article 109: A Legal Path Out of Security Council Paralysis
Eighty-one years after Hiroshima, a look at the legal contradiction embedded in the UN’s founding—and the dormant charter provision that could still resolve it. -
A Political History of the Internet
A review of Fiona M. Alexander, Laura DeNardis, Nanette S. Levinson, and Francesca Musiani, “Geopolitics at the Internet’s Core” (Palgrave MacMillan, 2025). -
Scaling Laws, Founders & Founders: Matthew Schwartz of Virgo
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Data Theft Extortion Is Booming! Hooray!
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
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9/11’s Legacy of Torture
Twenty-five years after the war on terror began, the United States still hasn’t grappled with its legacy of torture—or the law that enabled it. -
25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough
Twenty-five years since 9/11, tech and political shifts have increasingly pitted mass surveillance against constitutional rights. -
The 25th Anniversary of the 2001 AUMF
It’s not terribly important today.
