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

Current export controls are the worst of both worlds: Key technology leaks to China, while controls weaken U.S. firms’ incentive to invest.

Commercial satellite imagery now serves accountability and military operations, but the law has not caught up.

Future AI risks will be harder to address ad hoc.

The Lawfare Institute—publisher of information and insight at the intersection of national security, law and policy—seeks a motivated full-time associate editor focused on artificial intelligence. 

As private actors take on more federal functions, states retain broad but bounded authority to hold federal contractors accountable.

In their own words, researchers describe how anti-hacking laws push them to abandon work, stockpile flaws, or quit the field entirely.