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Tokyo’s Nuclear Dilemma
6+ hour, 34+ min ago (1158+ words) Lawfare Editor’s Note: The United States seeks to have allies take on more responsibility for their own security, and many key allies now doubt the solidity of a U.S. security guarantee. As a result, some allies may consider building nuclear weapons....
The Rip Van Winkle Court
5+ hour, 10+ min ago (828+ words) But for 30 years, the ominously named court lay dormant, never hearing a case. That was until this month, when a website for the court suddenly appeared with two single-page documents. Chief Judge Ericksen, through a spokesperson with the U.S. District Court…...
Legal-ism Mission Creep
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (1616+ words) Lawfare On the morning of March 18, 2019, a U.S. Air Force F-15E jet dropped a 500-pound bomb on a crowd of women and children huddled against the bank of the Euphrates River near the Syrian town of Baghuz, followed by two 2,000-pound bombs…...
When Reporting an AI Security Incident Is Not Mandatory
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (270+ words) On July 16, Hugging Face, a public platform for open-weight artificial intelligence (AI) models and datasets, disclosed that it had detected a significant cybersecurity breach. An autonomous AI agent had conducted the attack end to end, according to a statement. Existing…...
Scaling Laws: The Politics and Politicking of AI with Assemblymember Alex Bores
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (156+ words) Lawfare Assemblymember Alex Bores ran for Congress on a platform that in many ways centered on AI policy. He therefore drew considerable support as well as substantial opposition from interest groups across the country. Though Bores lost in the Democratic…...
Knives Are Out for Open-Weight AI Models
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (1602+ words) The American and Chinese governments have signaled they plan to rein in open-weight artificial intelligence (AI) models. The Trump administration seems certain to add some Chinese technology companies to the Entity List to protect investment in American frontier AI models....
The Monroe Doctrine Was Never a Blank Check for Presidential War
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (1353+ words) Lawfare In Trump’s view, and that of the Monroe Doctrine’s detractors on the progressive left, the long-standing policy supports U.S. dominance over Latin America and the use of military force to achieve political and economic goals. That view, however,…...
Lawfare Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, July 24
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (133+ words) On Friday, July 24 at 4 p.m. ET, Lawfare Senior Editors Anna Bower, Eric Columbus, and Roger Parloff will discuss this week's hearing on the subpoenas sent to New York Times reporters, the court-appointed U.S. attorney in W.D. Washington challenging his termination, the first convening…...
Rational Security: The “(Deep State) Friends We Make Along the Way” Edition
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (492+ words) Lawfare This week, Scott sat down with his Lawfare colleagues Public Service Fellow Julia Curlee and Senior Editors Eric Columbus and Molly Roberts to talk through the week’s big news in national security, including: - “The Manchurian Candidates.” In a primetime…...
Why U.S. Technology Controls Keep Faltering, and How to Save Them
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (214+ words) Current export controls are the worst of both worlds: Key technology leaks to China, while controls weaken U.S. firms’ incentive to invest. The current challenge is a startling contrast to the United States’ largely successful efforts to control sensitive technology during…...