Lawfare’s biweekly roundup of U.S.-China technology policy and national security news.

Pre-pandemic precedents provide important—but incomplete—guidance to courts as they grapple with challenges to a rapidly rising wave of coronavirus vaccination mandates.

Ransomware amounts to an ongoing tax by foreign gangs on U.S. governments and industry. If U.S. companies are going to pay extortionate taxes to foreign non-state entities, they should at least have to f...

Sarah Cleveland is an excellent choice to be legal adviser. She should be confirmed quickly.

Racist and sexist attacks on Kamala Harris in 2020 reveal long-established patterns of “othering” nondominant groups and individuals. These patterns are designed to undermine the political standing of po...

Once again, China is showing its disdain for the rules-based international legal order that regulates activities at sea.

The Biden administration’s rule-of-law credibility is the big loser; and the Supreme Court’s shadow docket the big winner.

Although many questions remain unanswered, there is troubling evidence that either the Justice Department was not consulted on a major legal issue or the Biden administration has misrepresented its legal...

Governments need to set norms and establish best practices early as countries begin to launch their own, official digital currencies.