The U.S. needs a strategy to counter China’s leverage in cyberspace.

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Once model weights are published, developers lose control. Export controls can still work—but only at the right chokepoints.

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AI employees are raising concerns about an extinction-level event. But there’s a more immediate threat.

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The UN Fact-Finding Commission concludes that the United States has committed war crimes. It could have said more to make a convincing case.

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How the Trump Administration is using starvation and misery to achieve regime change in Cuba.

Hackers stole thousands of FBI employees’ data, including about new hires and people in sensitive roles. It’s like giving a foreign adversary a gold mine.

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September 30, 2026

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Hackers stole thousands of FBI employees’ data, including about new hires and people in sensitive roles. It’s like giving a foreign adversary a gold mine.

A review of Ahana Datta Fasel, “Full Stack Spies: Cyber Espionage in the Age of US-China Competition” (Hurst, 2026).

The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.

How industry-friendly regulators are misapplying the Commodity Exchange Act and weaponizing administrative law to wrap themselves in red tape.

An existing financial-regulatory platform could provide a secure channel for states to share confidential frontier AI safety reports.

How the Trump Administration is using starvation and misery to achieve regime change in Cuba.

Although important for justifying the blockade of Cuba, international law did not meaningfully constrain the Kennedy administration during the crisis.

With frontier AI companies’ money on the line, a mutual insurer would enforce standards, peer review incidents, and pool safety research and development.

A regional court in Germany ordered Google to answer for apparent falsehoods about a Munich publishing house provided by its AI overview feature.

A Screening and Panel Discussion of the Second Chapter of Deportation Inc.

The First Circuit deals a legal set back to Puerto Rico’s attempt to regulate misinformation during states of emergency.

The oncoming AI-driven flood of vulnerabilities demands changes to the U.S. process for retaining them for offensive cyber operations.

A growing number of convicted terrorists are soon to be released from prison. There’s no plan to address potential recidivism.

Congress must determine whether the proposed U.S.-Saudi nuclear energy agreement has adequate precautions.

A Screening and Panel Discussion of the Second Chapter of Deportation Inc.

Twenty-five years after the war on terror began, the United States still hasn’t grappled with its legacy of torture—or the law that enabled it.