Foreign Relations & International Law
Latest in Foreign Relations & International Law
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Israel’s Destruction of Gaza and the Moral Decline of Zionism
A review of Omer Bartov, “Israel: What Went Wrong?” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2026) -
The Insiders Know How Covert Foreign Malign Influence Works. You Should Too.
Americans are the targets of covert foreign malign influence. Helping them understand how it works should be part of how we defend the country. -
Rational Security: The "Snifting Up to Boston" Edition
Scott Anderson, Benjamin Wittes, Ariane Tabatabai, and Joel Braunold talked through the week’s big international news stories. -
The EU AI Act Mandates AI Incident Reporting—If We’re Lucky
How the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident was reportable under the EU AI Act, but future incidents may not be. -
Russia's Digital Detox Boomerang
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare. -
Lawfare Daily: The New Command Economy with Kristen Eichensehr and Ashley Deeks
Discussing the U.S. government's increasingly activist role in the economy. -
Gaps in the Deep: How the Law of the Sea Fails the Undersea Kingdom
A review of Elisabeth Braw, “Undersea War: The Battle to Control the Cables and Pipelines That Connect Our World” (Public Affairs, 2026). -
Rational Security: The “Cooking With Gas!” Edition
Scott Anderson, Daniel Byman, Julia Curlee, and Michel Paradis talked through the week’s big news in national security. -
Dissecting Trump’s Deal for Russian Diesel
There is more smoke than fire to the deal—except when it comes to Ukraine. -
Lawfare Daily: Breaking Down Trump’s Diesel Deal with Russia
Rachel Alpert and Peter Harrell discuss Trump lifting sanctions on Russian diesel fuel. -
America Didn’t Lose Its Rare Earth Industry. It Sold It.
Markets price for cost. China prices for control. The risk of a rare earths cutoff is asymmetric, and the financing to rebuild American supply should be too. -
Lawfare Daily: The Spy Who Changed the Cold War in the Middle East
How did a Cold War intelligence coup change the Middle East?


