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AI Needs Accountability. We Can’t Rely on Companies and Governments Alone.

In a functioning democracy, citizens don’t fear who is in power because rules, not rulers, hold sway. The same principle should govern the future of AI.
Attendees hold signs advocating for voting rights and against the SAVE America Act at a rally to outside the U.S. Capitol on March 18, 2026 in Washington, DC.

The Trump Administration’s Strategy for Reshaping Elections 

The 2026 midterms is a critical test​ for whether election outcomes are determined by the will of the voters or by who controls the machinery of elections.
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When Intelligence Fails: A Legal Targeting Analysis of the Minab School Strike

The law of armed conflict demands that we take the Minab school strike seriously to learn, to reform, and to prevent the next failure.
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Cuba Libre: One Man’s Morality or Our Law?

We former JAGs must find new ways to examine, protest, and talk to our fellow Americans about this administration’s flagrant and accelerating misuse of the armed forces.
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Ban Pay-to-Play National Security Approvals

Congress must ban demands for payment to the government for national-security related approvals and prohibit companies from making these payments.
​Grey boxes filled with fragments of ancient pottery collected after an Israeli strike near the archaeological site of the Roman hippodrome in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre.

Self-Preservation and the Erosion of International Law

It is the violation of fundamental principles of international law that ultimately constitutes an existential threat to all members of the international community.
​Under a bright, blue sky, a giant white composite wind blade lies horizontally. Displayed across the wind turbine reads: "PROUDLY MADE IN THE U.S.A.​," the American flag, and the logo of TPI Composites, Inc.

Energy Security is National Security: Fixing America’s Incoherent Energy Policies

In a world where conflict abroad reverberates rapidly through global energy systems, “energy dominance” cannot be defined narrowly as maximizing fossil fuel output.
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The Court Gutted Congress’s War Power. It’s Time to Give It Back.

A 1983 Supreme Court ruling eviscerated the law allowing Congress to end war. The Iran strikes make that a five-alarm emergency.
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America Is Turning Away People Fleeing for Their Lives — and Breaking the Law to Do It

Former senior officials explain why the Trump administration's argument in Noem v. Al Otro Lado is morally troubling and legally wrong.
U.S. and Armenian delegations sit across from one another at a long table extending from the front of the photo to the back, a row of flowers in the middle, and three of the respective U.S. and Armenian flags at the back, left and right, respectively, at the end of each delegation.

Facing Russian Hybrid Threats in Advance of Elections, Armenia Struggles to Maintain Pro-U.S. and EU Path

Armenia's election is an opportunity for the country to chart a course for peace and democracy. But Russia is trying to thwart that path, and U.S. and EU help is needed.
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When AI Runs the Operations: Autonomous Agents and the Future of Cyber Competition

Stakeholders have a narrowing window to shape what comes next with highly autonomous cyber-capable AI agents—before capabilities increase further and incentives harden.
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Artificial Urgency: Reflecting on AI Hype at the 2026 REAIM Summit

The 2026 REAIM Summit demonstrated the ongoing misalignment between global initiatives, industry narratives around AI capabilities, and the realities of military AI use.
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