Don’t Count on Courts to Rein In Unregulated AI www.lawfaremedia.org/article/don-...

Small Wars Journal-El Centro Overview www.linkedin.com/posts/small-...

Iran war may cause food shortages in Africa, world’s largest fertiliser firm says

Designating Cartels as Terrorists Has Sweeping Legal Consequences www.lawfaremedia.org/article/desi...

Trump Is Doing Structural Damage to American Intelligence x.com/larrypfeiffe...

Our government's citizenship lists are incomplete and inaccurate. The United States Postal Service is overburdened and inadequate. This combines a car crash with a train wreck. 2/2

Breaking: The president has signed an executive order on mail voting. He has no lawful authority to write the rules that govern our elections. He tried a year ago; we sued him; we won. A year later, he has tried again. He can expect the same result. 1/2

‘Raise our heads and resist’: how Europe’s civil society is fighting back against the far right

Corruption has collapsed as a political category in the United States. Many man people will need to go to jail in order to reestablish it. Many of them will need to be prosecuted as Al Capone was….

He forgot that Congress is a thing. TBF, Congress also forgot that Congress is a thing...

In the U.K., decades-old prison buildings were designed to be secure from the ground but not the air. And, in recent years, drones have been flying into British prisons, transporting contraband that prison governors say is driving up violence and drug use.

Do not underestimate the importance of political symbolism. (Re)establishing a decent normative order requires that *nothing* the scumbag has done be publicly honored.

On April 20, a surveillance authority - FISA Section 702 - sunsets unless Congress reauthorizes. @lizagoitein.bsky.social @hannahajames.bsky.social write: USG reports on use of the tool are incomplete, and reveal why Congress should pass a warrant requirement to protect Americans’ communications.

Born in the USA www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

The EU’s main institutions have banned staff from using artificially generated videos and images in official communications.

Beware the mattress www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Ali Sanaei writes that the phrase “no quarter” is not a synonym for toughness – it’s dehumanizing rhetoric that’s been employed during times of war. And Secretary Pete Hegseth’s use of the phrase is dangerous. www.justsecurity.org/134484/hegse...

AI and warfighting www.justsecurity.org/134321/iran-...

🇬🇹 #HomicideRoundup | Guatemala’s homicide rate remained comparatively stable in 2025, diverging from escalating violence in other parts of the region. Organized crime dynamics remain localized but persistent. Read our regional analysis here:https://bit.ly/4rv74UV

"Thiel's vision must be read not as a simple rejection of Western values but as the pathological radicalization of some of their components — competition, technology, the individual — leading to radical divergence from the common democratic project." legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/03/1...

Middle East crisis live: Trump considering ‘winding down’ war; Iran reportedly fired two missiles at Diego Garcia military base

For years, Microsoft had failed to fully explain how it protects sensitive information in the cloud as it hops from server to server. Given that and other unknowns, government reviewers couldn’t vouch for the tech’s security. It was approved anyway.

I too have found that it usually works great to insult people from whom I am actively seeking a favor.

Soup at La Marmite www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Can extremists be classified as violent or non-violent? A new study finds violent extremists show more risk factors like alienation and impulsivity than non-violent ones. Read more on this key insight and its implications:… https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2025.2605135

I wrote a few words in memory of David Rapoport for @terpolv.bsky.social First 50 e-prints via this link are free to access: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/EWJP8...

The people responsible for these actions are behaving as if they will never face any moral or legal accountability — but if meaningful democracy is to be restored in America, they need to be proven wrong

LLMs inmasking pseudonyms arstechnica.com/security/202...

Sheinbaum’s Dilemma: Mexico’s Security Choices After FTO Designation smallwarsjournal.com/2026/03/05/s...

🇨🇴 | Armed groups in Nariño, Colombia are deploying explosive drones in their fight for control over a crucial transit corridor in the region. The Ombudsman’s Office has called for emergency intervention. More on the use of drones by criminal groups here.

To repeat: analyses of the decision to go to war that tries to explain it in terms of some national "strategy" are making a category error. The real motives behind what he is doing are *entirely* about domestic politics (justifying authoritarian takeover) and grifting opportunities for him'n'his.

El Mencho’s Death and the Kingpin Strategy Paradox www.lawfaremedia.org/article/el-m...

Pentagon’s Anthropic Designation Won’t Survive First Contact with Legal System www.lawfaremedia.org/article/pent...

Sheinbaum’s Dilemma: Mexico’s Security Choices After FTO Designation." Journal of Strategic Security 19, no. 1 (2026) : 233-263 digitalcommons.usf.edu/jss/vol19/is... by GhalebKrame, @zftwarning.bsky.social, and Maria Magdalena Garcia Rodriguez (maria

Sheinbaum’s Dilemma: Mexico’s Security Choices After FTO Designation." Journal of Strategic Security 19, no. 1 (2026) : 233-263 digitalcommons.usf.edu/jss/vol19/is... by GhalebKrame, @zftwarning.bsky.social, and Maria Magdalena Garcia Rodriguez (maria

India, the world’s fastest-growing large economy for four years in a row, released data on Friday showing that it expanded at a rate of 7.5% last year, driven in part by strength in manufacturing.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The military needs the very best A.I. to streamline its operations, and it should find ways to work with these companies, rather than erect barriers,” W.J. Hennigan writes on the ongoing confrontation between Anthropic and the Pentagon.

@dukieboy2.bsky.social @sandbaggerone.bsky.social Chinese AI models spread propaganda globally... Who should have seen this one coming? cepa.org/article/chin...

When the Warning Bells Ring: Judicial Awareness in War at www.justsecurity.org/131127/when-...

“Here’s what you need to know about the Trump administration’s months-long quest to access state voter rolls and what it could mean for the future of free and fair elections.”

Rumors have swirled that Amazon-owned Ring, which has sold tens of millions of smart cameras and video doorbells, has been providing ICE agents with access to user data. We contacted Ring for clarification, and Wirecutter independently investigated the concerns ourselves.

NEW: Six senators accused Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche of a “glaring” conflict of interest, citing ProPublica reporting that found he held at least $159,000 in related investments when he shut down crypto investigations at the DOJ.

The purported internal memo suggests ICE will be altering its tactics and focusing on migrants with criminal records.

"Does the river itself have rights? These are questions being considered in countries such as Ecuador, New Zealand & India.... Viewing rivers as 'sentient kin' offers a path toward reciprocity where people treat rivers with gratitude & use water only for genuine needs." www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

The dismissal of a top EU official caught up in a graft scandal is sending shockwaves through Brussels, where disciplinary probes are typically handled away from the public — and sanctions like firings are vanishingly rare. More in Brussels Playbook 👇

New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

The world is rapidly closing in on the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming limit that serves as a threshold for ever more dangerous climate change, European scientists have warned.

Are Federal Officials Immune From State Prosecution? www.lawfaremedia.org/article/are-...

Congress, the President, and the Use of Military Force in Venezuela at www.justsecurity.org/128211/congr...