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The next installment in the series of posts derived from this summer's Transatlantic Dialogue on International Law and Armed Conflict is now live at the ICRC's Intercross blog. It is from Ken Watkin, and...
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Today has been characterized as “Decision Day” at the NATO Summit in Wales, and so far, the moment appears to be living up to its appellation.
The Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatist forces ...
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The White House has just released a statement confirming the death of Ahmed Godane, the leader of Al Shabaab in Somalia. According to the statement, the U.S. military targeted Godane in a successful air ...
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And now for something completely different: Cyborgs. No, this is not a joke. For years, certain technology enthusiasts have floated variations on the question of whether we are becoming cyborgs---or alre...
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The European Court of Human Rights released its opinion in the case of Trabelsi v.
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It looks like it's time for Lawfare to update an old post of ours, "Who is Saying What about the Leahy Surveillance Bill."
On September 2, Attorney General Eric Holder and Director of National Intellig...
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As ambassadors from NATO member countries gather in Europe to discuss crises in Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere, more details about a possible ceasefire in Eastern Europe are emerging. Russian Presid...
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Wow, this is really impressive. On a podcast called "Hardcore History," a fellow named Dan Carlin is doing a lengthy series on World War I. The episodes run between three and four hours each, and Carlin ...
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As Dapo Akande of Oxford and Tracey Begley of the ICRC explain here and here, the next few weeks will see a series of short pieces posted here at Lawfare, at EJIL:Talk!
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Here's the transcript. The speech opens:
This past May, a man walked into a Jewish Museum in Belgium and opened fire, killing four. The suspect, a 29-year old French-national, had recently returned from ...
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We’re back! After a much needed hiatus, during which we shared wilderness paths with bison, woke up to wolf cries, and celebrated the value of ibuprofen, the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast is back on the net.
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Yesterday, Ben Bissell and Cody shared news of a video, depicting the murder of American journalist Steven Sotloff by a jihadist representing the Islamic State. According to the Associated Press, U.S.
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Some recent military commissions news: On August 26th, Major Jason Wright, one of the attorneys representing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, resigned from the Army after he was ordered to leave the legal team re...
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I just finished watching the video of the Second Circuit's argument in ACLU v. Clapper, the challenge to Section 215. Here are a few impressions.
While I don't have a strong sense of how the court will...
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The National Security Agency's Anne Neuberger, the director of the NSA’s Commercial Solutions Center, gave this seminar recently at the Long Now Foundation. Full video is available at the web site. Here'...
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Breaking News: ISIS has released a video that shows the murder of American journalist Steven Sotloff, the New York Times reports. In a previous video of the murder of American James Foley, ISIS had threa...
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To the best of my knowledge, the U.S. government has not asserted that al Shabaab as a whole is an associated force of al Qaeda engaged in hostilities against the United States subject to the 2001 AUMF. ...
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You can watch the video of the argument in ACLU v. Clapper here. The argument goes almost two hours. C-SPAN did a nice job with the video, so it's a pleasure to watch. I hope to have some thoughts on the...
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That seems to be the sum and substance of the Second Circuit's ruling today.
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President Obama appears to be trying a new method to avoid the 60-day War Powers Resolution Clock for U.S. operations.
