The Justice Department’s bid to nix a Clean Air Act suit against xAI’s turbines shows how security claims reshape energy permitting.

A campaign of firings and clearance revocations is teaching the intelligence community that silence is the only job security.

Last week, the Alien Terrorist Removal Court had its first case in 30 years. We dive into DOJ’s awakening of a controversial court.

Would a nuclear-armed Japan be a deterrence shortcut or a source of instability?

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A recent AI security incident during a frontier model internal evaluation demonstrates the need for better information sharing requirements.

A review of Doyle K. Hodges, “The Rise of US Military Legalism: A New Theory of Military Professionalism” (Routledge, 2026).

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

Trump’s “Donroe Doctrine” in Latin America inverts a policy that, properly understood, abided by and reinforced constraints on unilateral presidential force.