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Can the Military Fight Climate Change?
A review of Sherri Goodman, “Threat Multiplier: Climate, Military Leadership, and the Fight for Global Security” (Island Press, 2024). -
Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance Demands Broader Data Protections
As adversary surveillance capabilities expand, the U.S. national security community faces grave threats. Broader data protections can help. -
Scaling Laws: Rapid Response to the AI Action Plan
What is in the Trump administration's AI Action Plan? -
The Situation: Pam Bondi Announces a Ghost Investigation
Let’s read her statement on “Russiagate” carefully. -
The End Game for Schedule G
Schedule G reflects a broader trend of moving the civil service back toward a patronage system, favoring loyalty over expertise. -
ICJ Releases Advisory Opinion On States’ Obligations to Address Climate Change
The UN’s highest court found that states must address the “urgent and existential threat” of climate change and opened the door for recourse on noncompliance. -
The U.S. Cannot Prevent Every AI Biothreat—But It Can Outpace Them
Just like LLMs generate text, PLMs generate proteins—but there is no playbook to manage the risks. -
Lawfare Daily: Conversations from Aspen, Part 2: Ali Nazary on the Future of Afghanistan and Sam Charap on the Ukraine Conflict
Scott R. Anderson is sharing more of the conversations he had at the Aspen Security Forum. -
ChinaTalk: Where Japan Goes Next
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White House Releases Artificial Intelligence Action Plan
The plan outlines three pillars—innovation, infrastructure, and security—intended to propel the U.S. to global AI dominance. -
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, July 25
Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation targeting actions from President Trump. -
Report Outlines Contributions of Inspectors General Fired by Trump
The potential savings generated through the IGs’ wide-ranging enforcement actions outweigh any DOGE has produced. -
How Washington Could Leverage Its Gulf AI Deals
Despite their risks, Trump’s Gulf AI deals offer a chance to boost U.S. AI leadership by aligning Gulf tech with American goals. -
Lawfare Daily: Conversations from Aspen, Part 1: Shashank Joshi on European Security and Iris Ferguson on the Arctic
Listen to conversations from the Aspen Security Forum. -
The Situation: The Lies of Tulsi Gabbard
Why is the director of national intelligence getting in on the retconning of “Russiagate”? -
What Washington Wants from Minsk
The Lukashenka regime wants sanctions relief for freeing political prisoners. But what’s in it for the Trump administration? -
Scaling Laws: Lt. Gen Jack Shanahan: Defense's AI Integration
How is AI reshaping military strategies? -
A Constitutional Safety Valve for Effective Universal Relief
The Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. CASA identified three possible routes to obtaining nationwide injunctions. The Constitution preserves a fourth. -
Lawfare Daily: Noah Feldman on the Supreme Court's Long Game
Is the Supreme Court doing enough to protect the rule of law? -
Tech Tank: Examining Section 230’s impact on Black Americans
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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.
