Trump has said he will remove sanctions on Iran if a peace deal is reached. But the case of Syria suggests it won’t be easy.

AI in the near term may drive cybersecurity back to its roots, when widespread vulnerabilities, not deceptive intrusions, drove incidents.

A federal appellate court limited a key asset in the Department of Justice’s counterterrorism toolkit.

Government Accountability Office finds State Department delayed in reporting U.S. international agreements to Congress and the public.

The memorandum of understanding leaves Hormuz dangerously ambiguous, inviting disputes over transit fees and navigation.

Dismantling the machinery that coordinates U.S. foreign policy led to disaster, from ill-conceived tariffs to the calamitous war with Iran.

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President Trump is exercising his removal power in ways that defeat his duty to faithfully execute the law.

 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.