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“In Focus” Syllabus Supplements: Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technology, and National Security (2025–2026)

This syllabus supplement offers curated articles intended to be combined with traditional casebooks in a law or higher ed classroom.

“In Focus” Syllabus Supplements: The Iran–Israel–United States Armed Conflict (2025–2026)

This syllabus supplement offers curated articles intended to be combined with traditional casebooks in a law or higher ed classroom.
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Court House is seen early morning on December 10, 2024, in Washington, DC.

Deference Should Follow Expertise, Not Pretext

Anthropic v. Department of War reveals why courts must distinguish genuine national security judgments from pretextual ones and how to do it.
The Moonshot AI Kimi app is seen on a mobile phone screen in Beijing on July 17, 2026.

Regulate, Don’t Ban, Chinese AI Models

All highly capable AI models should be regulated through pre-deployment and ongoing testing. But any safety regime that works for domestic models should work for Chinese ones.
View of an FBI agent from behind wearing a green FBI vest inside the New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court.

How the Alien Terrorist Removal Court Could Be Good for the U.S. Immigration System

DOJ's first-ever use of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court raises due process concerns, but could offer more legitimacy than current immigration proceedings.
A tall man in silhouette, dressed in a dark long, straight jacket and flared trousers, stands in a street, his back to the camera, raising his right hand with pointed finger, while in the background people hold red and white Georgian flags and the smoke of flares obscures part of the scene.

The U.S. and the EU Must Wake Up to Threats in Georgia

Georgian Dream is crushing Georgia's civil society, courts, and opposition to entrench one-party rule and Russian influence; only targeted U.S. and EU sanctions can stop it.
Vizgard display their FortifAI visual autonomy software during the Space Autonomy, Drone X, AGV And UMV Expo at ExCel London on September 30, 2025, in London, England.

Hiding in Plain Sight: The Geopolitics of Software Supply Chains

Software ecosystems are strategic infrastructure, yet they remain almost invisible within national security risk assessments.
Members of the National Guard patrol around the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on March 26, 2026 in Washington, DC.

A Year Later: The Stakes of Ordering Military Personnel to Police American Streets

One year since Trump sent the National Guard to LA, a new report warns military deployments for domestic policing produce escalation, disillusionment, and politicization.
Copies of the People's Daily newspaper with a front page photo and headline which reads "Xi Jinping holds talks with US President Trump", are displayed at a news stand in Beijing on May 15, 2026. Trump said he had made "fantastic trade deals" with China's Xi Jinping, as the pair met on May 15 at final talks of a superpower summit that according to the US leader has also reaped a Chinese offer to help open the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP via Getty Images)

The Historic U.S. Defense Budget Request Needs a Sound Indo-Pacific Policy

The Trump administration's proposed $1.45 trillion defense budget for fiscal 2027 comes up short in three key ways for U.S. security in the Indo-Pacific.
A Lukoil gas station sign with a red and white logo, Cyrillic lettering, and fuel price display, seen through blurred metal railings against a blue sky.

Sanctions Towards Russia Are Not a Strategy: Toward a More Coherent Statecraft

Sanctions have become a weapon of lawfare: a contest over the rule of law, governance models and the integrity of global markets. But systemic corruption cannot be sanctioned.

The Just Security Podcast: Reporting at a Crossroads

A panel hosted by the Reiss Center and Just Security explores challenges facing national security journalism, legal risks, and newsroom leadership in a polarized landscape.
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The United States: Sanctions Implementer and Sanctions Safe Haven?

For decades, the United States has stood as the greatest leader in the sanctions space, as well as the greatest provider of tools for sanctioned entities to circumvent them.
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