Trump administration second term

Reasons for historical deference to the executive branch's judgement in matters of national security and foreign affairs have been severely undermined.

How the Trump administration could weaponize the Espionage Act and its chilling effect to control the press and justify suppression.

Hegseth’s attack on the ROE demonstrates a dangerously limited – and legally incorrect – view about these rules and what they are for.

Under Trump, peace deals have been treated as an opportunity to secure resources and real estate. Recent agreements illustrate this “resources-for-peace” approach.

Trump's Executive Order on Qatar raises a number of important legal and policy questions that merit careful consideration by Congress and the public.

The Trump administration and Congress can end the cycle of looting, smuggling, and violent extraction of raw materials from the DRC and provide a better footing for peace.

Tracking the use of State power requires systematically identifying linkages between individual developments and broader trends. This graphic offers one method.

Annotated questions Congress should be asking about U.S. military strikes on suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean.

The Trump administration’s “armed conflict” justification, however, is groundless.

Trump's General Assembly speech could have been worse, but it also showed that if countries want to make the U.N. system work, they can't bank on U.S. leadership.

Generative AI is being integrated across the federal workplace, but efficiency gains risk weakening national security professionals’ critical thinking and judgment.

The West must cut off Russia's energy revenues, target its enablers, and enforce sanctions with vigor to constrain its war economy.