National Security & Human Rights: Resources

Dawn of Autonomy podcast (hosted by Dawn Zoldi, attorney & United States Air Force (USAF) Colonel Retired)

• Autonomy Global's site also includes a pull-down menu of Technologies, including: Counter-UAS, Drones, Robots and Space.

Just Security (based @ Reiss Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law)

• Just Security includes articles and The Just Security Podcast.  Articles are signed/dated w/ links to many primary and secondary sources. 
• Tip: From the home screen, you can view resources categorized by: Key Topics (which range from AI to the Russia-Ukraine War).
• "Tracker": Just Security's Coverage of the Trump Administration's Executive Actions (ongoing). 
  • Includes: "What Just Happened Series" (expert analysis).
  • Includes: Just Security's Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions ("continually updated")

Lawfare (published by The Lawfare Institute in cooperation w/ Brookings)

• Lawfare states it is "a non-profit multimedia publication dedicated to 'Hard National Security Choices."” It covers issues including "national security law, threats to democracy, cybersecurity, executive powers, content moderation, domestic extremism, and foreign policy."  Posts are signed/dated w/ links to many primary and secondary sources.
• Tip: You can view posts categorized by topics. 
• "Tracker": Trump Administration Litigation Tracker.
• Interesting: Lawfare has a Student Contributor program "to foster the next generation of national security professionals."
• Lawfare also hosts podcasts providing various perspectives on national security.

Lawfire (blog of Charles J. Dunlap Jr., former deputy judge advocate general of the U.S. Air Force and current Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security, Duke Law School + site includes LENS Essay Series on hot topics)

• Lawfire discuses hot topics.  Example: [Scholar] Dora Velenczei on “Perfidious Warfare and AI Systems: Assessing the Capacity for Deception in an International Armed Conflict” (Aug. 28, 2025).
• Lawfire includes summaries of/links to some presentations from 30th Annual National Security Law Conference (Feb. 28-Mar. 1, 2025), Duke Law School.  Examples: Podcast: Mark Nevitt on “Climate Change, Environmental Law, and National Security” (Apr. 24, 2025) + Podcast: Dean Cheng on “The Challenge of China: Lawfare, Technology, and More” (Apr. 18, 2025).

Opinio Juris (these Contributors in association w/ the International Commission of Jurists)

• Opinio Juris includes posts and the Fresh Squeezed! Podcast on international law.  Posts are signed/dated w/ links to many primary and secondary sources. 
• Tip: From the home screen, you can view resources classified by Topics and Regions.

Autonomous Technologies (including drones and space exploration):

Autonomy Global: Articles & News

Immigration:

• Immigration News: Daily Immigration News Clips (@ American Immigration Lawyers Association)
  • This feature provides national and local media coverage of "key immigration law news stories being discussed throughout the U.S."    
• Immigration Policy Tracking Project (created by Professor Lucas Guttentag)
  • This project tracks the current status of "Trump 1.0 and 2.0" immigration policies.  It includes a keyword search feature and links to source documents.
• Immigration Reform (@ American Immigration Council)
  • This page links to: What Are the Impacts of Trump's New Travel Ban? (Aug. 7, 2025)
• Tip: There are more resources listed on another BLS Library guide page: U.S. Immigration Law Research Starting Points: News, Legal News & Immigration Policy Tracking.

National Security:

• Debevoise & Plimpton practice area page: National Security
• CNN: Politics: National Security
• The Hill: Policy > Cybersecurity, Defense, National Security (news re. U.S. politics & policy dev's.)
• JD Supra: National Security (legal updates & insights) 
• NBC News: National Security
• NPR: National Security

Sources Covering Many Topics:

Library guide: Resources Addressing Trump Executive Orders [& policy decisions] (Pence Law Library guide, American University Washington College of Law) 

Sources BLS librarians have consulted:

• Executive Order Tracker (@ Littler Mendelson - states it is a "go-to resource for staying updated on all executive orders and actions issued by the Trump administration" and includes a Rescinded Order Tracker)
• Just Security's Coverage of the Trump Administration's Executive Actions ("Originally published Jan. 21, 2025 and frequently updated.")
• Trump Administration Resource Center (BakerHostetler)
• Tracking Regulatory Changes in the Second Trump Administration (@ Brookings)
• White House > Briefing Room > Presidential Actions

Source Tracking Countries' New Laws/Legal Developments:

• Global Legal Monitor (from the Law Library of Congress)
  • Law Library of Congress states this source covers "legal news and developments worldwide."  Tip: Type keywords like: national security in search box and sort search results by: Date.  
  • Examples of recent articles include:
    • Argentina: Anti-Mafia Law Enacted
    • Chile: New Anti-Terrorist Law Takes Effect 
    • Germany-Philippines: Defense Cooperation Agreement Signed
    • Guyana: National Assembly Passes Regional Security System Bill and CARICOM Arrest Warrant Bill
    • Mexico: New Transparency and Data Protection Laws Enacted
    • Uzbekistan: New Law Updates Rules on Protecting and Classifying State Secrets

Bloomberg Law: United States Law Week

• Tip: United States Law Week allows you to filter stories by topics like: Border Security, National Security and Terrorism.
• Tip: From Bloomberg Law's home screen, type: circuit splits and follow the prompt to access this monthly feature: Circuit Splits [arranged by topic] Reported in U.S. Law Week.
• Enter your Bloomberg Law username/password.

Bloomberg Law: practice center: Privacy & Data Security offers searchable Privacy & Data Security Law News.

• Includes link to: Executive Orders and Related Developments Tracker > search by topic, like: national security.

Law360 

• Subscription Law360's searchable legal news stories and expert analysis often link to related primary legal sources.  Categorizes material by topic, including: Access to Justice, Aerospace & Defense, Cybersecurity & Privacy, Immigration + Public Policy.

Law.com

• Subscription Law.com aggregates news stories from ALM publications such as New Jersey Law Journal and New York Law Journal.  Tip: Menu > Topics > All Law Topics supports review of material by topic, including: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Civil Rights, Cybersecurity, Immigration Law, International Law, Military Law and United States Supreme Court.
• Until Jan. 2026: Subscription database Lexis+ also provides recent articles from, and extensive archives of, ALM publications such as National Law Journal and New York Law Journal. 

Lexis+: Legal News Hub 

• Tip: Log in to your Lexis+ account, then click the link above.

Westlaw Today provides legal news and categorizes stories by subject, including: Civil Rights, Data Privacy and Immigration.

BLS subscription news sources track and analyze national security developments.  

• Tip: BLS Library's News Access: Instructions explain how BLS students can create individual accounts to access content at FT.com, NYTimes.com and WashingtonPost.com.  

Examples of potentially useful topic-focused news pages are:

• The Wall Street Journal: Politics: National Security
• The Washington Post: National Security + The Washington Post: Politics (includes subtab: Donald Trump) + The Washington Post: Immigration  
  • Tip: BLS students do not need to create personal accounts to view WashingtonPost.com content unless they wish to view fewer ads.
• The New York Times sections such as U.S.: Politics (includes subtabs: Donald Trump + U.S. Supreme Court) + U.S.: Immigration and Border News.  Also, subscription Lexis+ provides The New York Times (scope: June 1, 1980-present).  Subscription ProQuest provides a similar database: New York Times, Late edition, East Coast in PDF (scope: June 1, 1980 - present, "some exceptions").  ProQuest also provides Historical New York Times with Index in PDF (scope:1851 - 2021).