Latest in Foreign Relations & International Law
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What Europe and Non-Nuclear States Can Do to Reinforce Restraint on Nuclear Testing
The president’s threat to resume tests is the latest erosion of a long-standing norm. -
U.S. Military Detention and Transfer in Its Fight Against Cartels
The recent detention and repatriation of two survivors of a U.S. military strike marks another legal evolution in the Trump administration’s claimed armed conflict with drug cartels. -
The European Commission’s Rejection of Latombe
The rejection leaves the DPF politically fragile, legally untested at the Court of Justice, and vulnerable to shifts in Washington. -
Offensive Cyber Operations and Combat Effectiveness After Ukraine
Ukraine’s offensive cyber strategy demonstrates that Western governments need to adopt a “responsibly irresponsible” warfighting approach. -
Why Trump’s Madman Act Doesn’t Work
The administration’s approach of “strategic uncertainty” is unlikely to produce better deals. -
Scaling Laws: The GoLaxy Revelations: China's AI-Driven Influence Operations, with Brett Goldstein, Brett Benson, and Renée DiResta
Discussing the evolution of influence operations. -
Rational Security: The "Tyler's Revenge" Edition
Scott Anderson, Ari Tabatabai and Tyler McBrien talked through the week’s big news in national security. -
Lawfare Daily: NATO’s Eastern Flank: The View from Lithuania
How has Lithuania responding to the Russia-Ukraine War? -
Navigating Crises With a Lower Bar to Nuclear War
When tactical nuclear weapons are at the fore, devastating and uncontrollable outcomes are never more than a few hours away. -
Procedure as Substance in the UN Cybercrime Convention
The convention, which just opened for signature, is substantively similar to the Budapest Convention, but it is procedurally different, and that may make all the difference. -
What the Iran Strikes Mean for Nuclear Diplomacy
The nonproliferation regime remains strong—maybe even stronger than before. -
Technical Standards: America’s Forgotten Tool of Statecraft
The AI race isn’t only about chips or tariffs. It’s also about who writes the technical standards shaping the world’s systems.


