From Promise to Peril: The U.S. Retreat From Civilian Harm Response
Hegseth’s U-turn on decades of CHMR progress has contributed to more civilian casualties and left…
A Tale of Two Mogadishus
The Somali capital has had a calm year, but what does it actually mean?
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Courts for AI Constitutions
AI labs already write constitutions for their models. What they lack is a court to…
Scaling Laws: Daniel Kokotajlo on AI 2040: Plan A
Daniel Kokotajlo, former OpenAI researcher and executive director of the AI Futures Project, joins Kevin…
‘Defending Taiwan’ and the Limits of Military-Only Deterrence
A Review of Eyck Freymann’s “Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War With China” (Oxford…
Being a North Korean Hacker Is About to Be Less Fun
The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.
Rational Security: The “Live from Mom’s Basement” Edition
Scott Anderson, Natalie Orpett, and Ariane Tabatabai talked through the week’s big national security news…
A New Research Agenda for AI Constitutionalism
AI constitutionalism is too important to leave to the labs. Here are the questions scholars…