A review of Yasheng Huang, “The Rise and Fall of the EAST: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline” (Yale, 2023)

The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.

To improve cybersecurity, open source software should not be completely exempt from software liability.

Federal courts may eliminate Fourth Amendment protections for cell phone data based on dubious claims about Google’s Location History.

A dispatch from the first two days of the first criminal trial of a former president.

Join the Lawfare team for a discussion of the trials of Donald Trump

Food security and climate action are intrinsically linked. The upcoming Spring Meetings offer an opportunity to address the two together.

The House narrowly rejected a warrant requirement in a bill that reauthorizes FISA Section 702 for two years.

A review of Anu Bradford, “Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology” (Oxford University Press, 2023)

Four injured in latest Second Thomas Shoal incident; congressional delegation visits Taiwan; funding approval for updated COFA allays anxiety over Pacific Islands; and more. 

The U.S. Navy has begun employing “ships” that can be operated remotely, raising questions about responsibility and control.

A year into the civil war, the humanitarian crisis is only worsening.