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Teetering on the edge: The Trump administration’s congressional allies push forward the attack on the federal judiciary

George W. Croner

The Trump administration’s bias is polluting the integrity of the intelligence community and damaging the nation’s security

George W. Croner

“Acknowledged” covert activity and regime change plans for Venezuela?

Kevin H. Govern

Media mischaracterized federal court decision on ICC sanctions

Orde F. Kittrie

Defending international law in the attacks on Iran

Mary Ellen O’Connell

The “assault on intelligence” continues: Politicized investigations severely compromise U.S. national security

George W. Croner

Israel’s attack on Iran’s nuclear weapons program is fully justified under international law

Geoffrey Corn and Orde F. Kittrie

How terminological ambiguities in Section 706 of the Communications Act of 1934 could imperil the future of communication infrastructure

Matthew L. Conaty

Preventing a flash war: Countering the risk of AI-driven escalation on the battlefield

Kyle Brown, Julian Gould, and Jesse Hamilton

Military support to detention and deportation

Stephen N. Xenakis and Harold S. Kudler

The PRESS Act would endanger national security secrets

George W. Croner

The Julian Assange plea agreement is good for the nation’s security

George W. Croner

Sudan: the largest humanitarian crisis in the world no one is discussing

Ramatoulie Isatou Jallow, Eunice Naffie Mustapha

After a bruising battle, FISA Section 702 lives On … now let the 2026 Section 702 reauthorization debate begin

George W. Croner

Beyond defense: a call to arms for cognitive warfare

Łukasz Kamieński

Magnifying human confusion: Meaningful Human Control and the ongoing debate on autonomous weapons

Heather M. Roff

Alternatives to punitive U.S. military action against Russia for nuking Ukraine

Dakota S. Rudesill

Presidential war power beyond its outer limits

Dakota S. Rudesill

A reply to Senator Wyden’s “facts” about electronic surveillance “reform”

George W. Croner

The national security stakes could not be higher as the FISA Section 702 reauthorization debate resumes

George W. Croner

We need Section 702 reauthorization now

Joseph L. Votel

Key US Intelligence Tool Set to Expire

George W. Croner

The possibility of nuclear war in Ukraine still looms

Dakota S. Rudesill

Why the FBI’s querying of intelligence collection under FISA Section 702 is not “domestic spying”

George Croner

Extremist rehabilitation: Updating the Biden administration’s domestic terrorism strategy

Natalie Heller

Creating an international norm prohibiting nuclear threats and use against non-nuclear states

Morton H. Halperin

Creating Iron Man: The need to regulate super soldiers

Jeffrey R. Polidor

Strengthening the Nuclear Taboo in the Midst of Russia’s War on Ukraine

Daryl G. Kimball

The lesson of Ukraine: Threats to use nuclear weapons first (or even second) are not viable

Morton H. Halperin

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