Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimin’s offensive in Mali could be just the beginning.

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Last week, the Justice Department deleted thousands of press releases related to the Jan. 6 insurrection and other matters. Here they are.

A review of Simon Ball, “Death to Order: A Modern History of Assassination” (Yale University Press, 2025).

When war is fought from permanent overseas bases, international law struggles to explain what host states may allow and what belligerents may lawfully strike.

Prediction markets, fragmented regulation, and national security risk

The line between cyber offense and defense is disappearing—but the law still treats them very differently. That gap is getting costly.