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The U.K.’s Decryption Order, the CLOUD Act, and Recommended Next Steps
How the U.S. can use the CLOUD Act to push back on countries that seek to impose decryption mandates on U.S. tech companies. -
Rational Security: The “Live from Aspen” Edition
Scott Anderson, Shane Harris, Mark Goldberg, and Alex Ward talked about some of the issues that have emerged at this year’s Aspen Forum -
NRC v. Texas and Nonstatutory Review of Executive Action
There is a powerful means to challenge executive action apart from the Administrative Procedure Act. -
Lawfare Daily: The Trials of the Trump Administration, July 18
Listen to the July 18 livestream as a podcast. -
ChinaTalk: Xi Zhongxun’s Second Act: 1949-1989
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Lessons From the Ledger
Applying lessons from counterterrorist financing strategies to drug cartels. -
The Situation: The Wilde-Hiss Effect
Why on Earth is Trump suing the Wall Street Journal? -
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
ChinaTalk: Trump and Japan
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Reparations May Be Within Reach in a Ukraine-Russia Deal
Historical precedent and financial leverage indicate a negotiated route to delivering reparations for civilian harm in Ukraine is possible. -
Peering into the ‘Double Black Box’ of National Security and AI
A review of Ashley Deeks, “The Double Black Box: National Security, Artificial Intelligence, and Struggle for Democratic Accountability” (Oxford University Press, 2025) -
Spain Leaves Key Under Mat for Huawei
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. -
Reductions in Force Challenges in the Federal Courts
The Supreme Court’s recent orders clear the way for the Trump administration to continue RIFs. -
Scaling Laws: Eugene Volokh: Navigating Libel and Liability in the AI Age
Discussing the complexities of libel in the age of AI. -
Privacy, Consent, and National Security After the 23andMe Bankruptcy
The sale of 23andMe’s DNA database underscores the need to ban the transaction of Americans’ genetic data as a corporate asset. -
How Appropriations Are Transforming the Defense Department’s Domestic Operations
Congress and the Trump administration are using appropriations law to entrench the Defense Department’s roles in migrant detention and immigration enforcement. -
Lawfare Daily: The End of USAID, with Nicholas Kristof
Discussing the global impact of the Trump administration's dismantling of the USAID. -
The Situation: No, Don’t Release the Epstein Files
I have a better idea. -
Partners or Provocateurs? Private-Sector Involvement in Offensive Cyber Operations
A structured framework to evaluate the risks and benefits of authorizing private companies to “hack back.” -
The Cybersecurity Patchwork Quilt Remains Incomplete
Trump’s first executive order on cybersecurity embraced more Biden initiatives than it overturned, but still misses the mark—accountability.
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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.
