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To Split or Not to Split: The Future of CYBERCOM’s Relationship with NSA
U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) is the U.S. armed forces command charged with offensive and defensive cyber operations. Since 2010, it has coexisted with NSA as two organizations under one director. It is ... -
New Book Details Legal Implications of Brexit
The Institute of International Economic Law at Georgetown Law has recently published a book detailing the legal implications of “Brexit,” or the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the EU. -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: An Interview with Nicholas Weaver
Our guest interview is with Nick Weaver, of Berkeley’s International Computer Science Institute. -
The HIG Speaks on Effective Interrogation
In answers to written questions preceding his confirmation hearing, now-CIA Director Mike Pompeo caused concern by indicating a willingness to revisit rules governing military and intelligence interrogat... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times tells us that the White House accused the Russian government this afternoon of engaging in a cover-up of the chemical weapons attack last week by Syrian forces that prompted American a... -
Trump Administration Sends Mixed Messages about Syria Strike, Christians Targeted in Egypt, and a New Proposal for Libya
Trump Administration Sends Mixed Messages about Punitive Strike -
What the Data Really Show About Terrorists Who 'Came Here,' Part III: What If You Included Domestic Terrorism Cases?
As we have sought to show in Parts I and II of this series, the claims that President Trump made in his joint-session address to Congress and in his revised executive order about the percentage of terror... -
What the Data Really Show About Terrorists Who “Came Here,” Part II: A Country-by-Country Analysis
In Part I of this series, we laid out what Justice Department data really show about how many foreign-born vs. domestic-born individuals have been convicted of crimes related to international terrorism i... -
What the Data Really Show About Terrorists Who “Came Here,” Part I: Introduction and Overview
In late February, during his address to a joint session of Congress, President Trump claimed that “according to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of t... -
The Problem of Morally Justifying the United States Strike in Syria
In her recent blog discussing the relevance of the Kosovo precedent in the context of the United States missile strike in Syria, Professor Ashley Deeks noted that “such an intervention, even if narrowly ... -
Chinese Investment in the United States: Time for New Rules?
Last month, Tesla announced that it sold a 5% stake to Tencent, a Chinese conglomerate that might best be described as a cross between Facebook and Zynga, with the Huffington Post, Pay-Pal (two Pay-Pals,... -
The Law Presidents Make
Our current moment has brought into sharp relief longstanding questions about the role of law in presidential decision-making. I’ve just posted here a paper that explores the structures of executive bran... -
Decreasing Systemic Risk
Recently, Tim Maurer, Ariel Levite, and George Perkovich of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace released a white-paper with a broad new proposal regarding the offensive cyber operations conduc... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for two bombings against Coptic Christian churches in Egypt on Palm Sunday. The Wall Street Journal reports that the attacks killed at least 47 people, just weeks... -
The 19th Annual Grotius Lecture at the ASIL Annual Meeting: Civil War Time from Grotius to the Global War on Terror
Next week is the annual meeting of the American Society of International Law in Washington DC. For nearly 20 years, the meeting has begun with the distinguished Grotius Lecture, which takes place on the... -
The United States Will Need a “Diplomatic Surge” in Iraq
The United States has played a leading role in fighting the Islamic State, but now it must prepare for the fights that will take place at negotiating tables and reconciliation conferences. Iraqis recogni... -
Corporate Liability Under the Alien Tort Statute Returns to Supreme Court in Jesner v. Arab Bank
On Monday, April 3, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a new Alien Tort Statute case, Jesner v. Arab Bank, No. 16-499. -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, April 10th at 11am: Johns Hopkins SAIS will host a panel for a discussion on Debating The Merits Of The Trump Administration's New Trave... -
The Shadow Brokers Dump NSA Trove, Go Out with a Whimper
One of the stranger dramas in information security may now be over. On Saturday, apparently in protest at President Trump’s missile strike on Syria, the group that calls itself the Shadow Brokers dumped ... -
Does International Law Have a “Broken Windows” Problem?
Many norms of international law, especially international human rights law, are widely violated. The international legal system as a whole may suffer as result.
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