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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Defense Secretary James Mattis said that upholding the Iran nuclear deal was in U.S. interests, contradicting President Trump’s criticism of the agreement, according to the New York Times. In testimony b... -
North Korean Arms Entering Egypt: The System at Work
On October 1, 2017, reports emerged of an odd interdiction of North Korean arms in August 2016. Acting on a tip from Washington, Egyptian customs officials boarded the Jie Shun, a bulk freighter sailing ... -
Endless War
PDF version A review of Robert Gerwarth’s The Vanquished: Why the First World War Failed to End (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016). *** -
Common Article 3 and Linkages Between Non-State Armed Groups
Editor's note: This piece is the second installment in a mutli-blog series building on the Fifth Annual Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict, as explained in detail here. -
The Lawfare Podcast, Bonus Edition: Jack Goldsmith on the Norm-Defying Presidency
President Trump's conduct in office draws a sharp contrast between laws that formally restrict the presidency and the institutional norms that presidents have historically followed. For the October 2017 ... -
Is the State Department Reorganization Undermining Cyber Diplomacy?
The Trump administration seems to want it both ways on cybersecurity policy. On one hand, the White House has ordered the State Department to study and report on the United States’s “international engage... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The White House said that “now is not the time to talk” with North Korea after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson disclosed the existence of direct diplomatic channels to Pyongyang, Reuters reported. Press... -
Military Commissions Loom Large at Supreme Court
The Supreme Court’s October term 2017 may be shaping up to be the year that finally brings some answers to several enduring questions surrounding the military commissions. On Thursday, the court granted ... -
Saudi Women Granted New Rights, Kurdistan Under Pressure after Referendum, Egypt Targets Dissidents and Minorities
Saudi Women Granted Right to Drive -
Department of Defense Directive 2310.01E: A Snapshot of the Pentagon's Policy on Detention
The Department of Defense has regulations for everything, and detention is no exception. The key policy document for detention operations is Department of Defense Directive Number 2310.01E ("DODD 2310.0... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Equifax and the Upside of Nation-State Cyberattacks
Was the Equifax breach a nation-state attack? Nick Weaver parses the data, and I explore the surprising upside for Equifax if it was. -
Amicus Brief Filed in Support of Respondent in Carpenter vs. U.S.
Orin Kerr, professor at George Washington University Law School, filed an amicus brief today in support of the respondent in Carpenter vs. U.S. The brief, which may be of interest to Lawfare readers, is ...
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