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What the National Guard is really doing here.
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Russia has promised pardons to former convicts who volunteer in the war. Only eventually, some may return home—bringing violence with them.
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Join the Lawfare team at 4 pm ET for a discussion of the litigation targeting actions from President Trump.
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Scott Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, Renée DiResta, and Michael Feinberg talked through the week’s big national security news stories.
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Although some fear that AI will flood the market, harming existing copyrighted works, historical examples seem to tell a different story.
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Discussing the role of smartphones and social media in war.
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Notes on Trump’s crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C.
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The order directs Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to create a “specialized unit” within the D.C. National Guard
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How is AI being integrated into the classroom?
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Strikes on a Hezbollah-linked bank raise questions about when financial institutions lose protection under international humanitarian law.
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Stretching Article 51 to accommodate months-long pauses between attacks and responses blurs the line between lawful self-defense and unlawful preventive war.