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The Second Trump Administration Turns a Blind Eye to Afghanistan
The administration’s dismantling of humanitarian and refugee programs will profoundly affect Afghans. -
Beijing’s Changing Invasion Calculus
China might use its expanding coercive toolkit to put Taiwan in its crosshairs. -
The Week That Was
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
ChinaTalk: Ezra, Derek, and Dan Wang on Abundance and China
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Call for Papers: The University of Texas at Austin Announces the 2025 "Bobby R. Inman Award" for Student Scholarship on Intelligence
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Tracing the Origins of a ‘New American Surveillance State’
A review of Byron Tau, "Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State" (Crown, 2024). -
Legal Challenges Mount Against Renewed U.S. Sanctions on the ICC
Three lawsuits challenging EO 14203 raise important constitutional and statutory claims with far-reaching implications for U.S. engagement with international justice institutions. -
1,000 AI Bills: Time for Congress to Get Serious About Preemption
If this growing patchwork of parochial regulatory policies takes root, it could undermine U.S. AI innovation. -
It's Like Signal, but Dumb
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. -
Lawfare Daily: Ben Brooks on the Rise of Open Source AI
What are the ramifications of the shift to open source AI? -
Pam Bondi Thinks Trump Saved Your Life
Evaluating the dizzying math behind the attorney general’s fentanyl claims. -
Our Reporters’ Notes on the May 7 Hearing in the J.G.G. Case
The judge seemed receptive to a class action on behalf of aliens sent to CECOT under President Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation.



