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On the President’s Request for a Vote on an AUMF for ISIL
There were at least two points of note in President Obama’s call last night for Congress to “vote to authorize the continued use of military force against these terrorists.” First, the President did not... -
The Week That Will Be
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The President's ISIL Speech: Calling (Obliquely) for a Going Dark Dialog, and Other Highlights
The President addressed the nation tonight in an effort to explain our strategy against ISIL, to specify some steps he would like Congress to take, and to underscore some things he thinks we should not d... -
Why Israel Outlawed the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement
Editor’s Note: An increasingly important segment of Israel's Arab citizenry is tied to the Islamic Movement, a branch of which Israel banned in November. The decision was controversial: not only did it e... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Natan Sachs on Israeli Anti-solutionism.
The show this week features Natan Sachs, a Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, who recently published an article in Foreign Affairs on anti-solutionism as strategy in the Israel-Palest... -
The Good Reasons to Not Charge All Terrorists With Terrorism
The FBI announced yesterday that it is investigating the San Bernardino shooting as an act of terrorism. Following the Planned Parenthood shooting in Colorado Springs, San Bernardino is the second ideolo... -
The Fortnight That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Ben shared 10 reasons to support Lawfare this holiday season. We promise the “big plans for the coming year that you really want us to be able to afford” are incentive enough but, in case you need more, ... -
An On The Spot Analysis of Today's Developments in the San Bernardino Attacks
I’ll begin this post with the marker that it is based on public reports on the San Bernardino attack as they developed today. Those reports and facts are evolving daily, even hourly. Just this evening, a... -
George Washington University Releases ISIS in America Report and Material Support Database
Lorenzo Vidino and Seamus Hughes of the Program on Extremism at George Washington University released an excellent report earlier this week entitled ISIS in America: From Retweets to Raqqa. The report, c... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Tashfeen Malik, the female suspect in the San Bernardino shooting that killed fourteen people, reportedly pledged allegiance to ISIS via Facebook. Yet instead of taking directions from the group, one off... -
The Supreme Court’s Anodyne Opinion in Sachs v. OBB Personenverkehr
This week the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Sachs v. OBB Personenverkehr. As expected, the Court held that OBB, a railroad owned by the Austrian government, was immune under the Foreign S... -
Lawfare across the Atlantic: House of Commons Library Briefing Paper on Military Action in Syria
The U.K. House of Commons Library has released a briefing paper on the "Legal basis for UK military action in Syria." The paper includes a full discussion of the implications of UN Security Council Resol...
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