A review of Joe Studwell, “How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World’s Last Developmental Frontier” (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2026).

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

Lawfare is now accepting Fall 2026 internship applications.

The Lawfare Institute—publisher of information and insight at the intersection of national security, law and policy—seeks two motivated full-time data journalism fellows or associate fellows.

If the Senate doesn’t confirm Blanche, he can still run the Justice Department.

Washington can’t promise allies it will never cut off their access to American AI or reach their data—but it can set, and eventually codify, clear rules for both.

Multiple statutes prohibit military involvement in elections. But are they enough?

Multiple statutes prohibit military involvement in elections. But what do they actually say?

The Lawfare Institute—publisher of information and insight at the intersection of national security, law and policy—seeks a motivated full-time associate editor based in Washington, D.C. 

GAAIA is the best federal frontier AI safety framework yet proposed, but its sweeping preemption of state AI laws makes it net-negative as written.

Government dependence on private AI shifts policymaking from Congress and the civil service to procurement contracts—with no public input.

The decline of ODNI’s effectiveness, analytic rigor, and political neutrality is deleterious for the nation’s security. But it is also unsurprising.