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The Obama Administration's Encryption Wrangling
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that: -
Zivotofsky II and the Vesting Clause Theory of Presidential Foreign Relations Power
I have a paper coming out in a few weeks on Zivotofsky II but want to raise an issue in the case here that I excluded from that paper. The issue is the Vesting Clause as a residual source of presidentia... -
Conference on Obama War Powers Legacy at Duke
In a few weeks, on October 3, I’ll be attending the Duke-Yale Foreign Relations Law Roundtable in Durham. This year’s topic is President Obama’s War Powers Legacy: -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Following German and Austrian calls for a summit to address the refugee crisis, European Council President Donald Tusk announced plans to hold another emergency meeting to find an acceptable solution to ... -
More on Expansive Theories of Executive War Power
I certainly do not have the answer to the question, put yesterday by Senator Tim Kaine to Centcom Commander General Austin and Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Christine Wormuth, as to how Article II... -
We Read the Republican Debate Transcripts So You Don’t Have To
Last night, CNN held the second Republican primary debate of the 2016 campaign, moderated by Jake Tapper, Hugh Hewitt, and Dana Bash. As a service, we’ve combed through the debate transcripts and picked ... -
Rational Security: The "Let's Ignore the Debate" Edition
Tired of hearing about the debate? So were we—before it even started. So we pretended it wasn't happening. -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #80: What's Changed Since Our Hiatus?
Still trying to dig out from under our hiatus backlog, we devote episode 80 to our regulars. We’ll bring back a guest next week. This week it’s a double dose of Jason Weinstein, Michael Vatis, Stewart Ba... -
Jihadology Podcast: Saddam's Regime: From Ba'athism to Salafism
Kyle Orton comes on the show to discuss Islam in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq. Some of the topics covered include: Saddam’s Islamist foreign policy reorientation in the 1980’s The Faith Campaign after the G... -
The German NSA Affair and the Need for Reform in Berlin
When Chancellor Angela Merkel recently cited the “challenges” concerning the National Security Agency as an area that the German government has “tackled excellently” this term, many observers were surpri... -
Ever-Expanding Theories Of Unilateral Article II War Power
In September 2014 Congress authorized a $500 million program to train and equip (T&E) Syrian rebels to combat ISIS and other terrorist groups in Syria. -
The Operational Doctrine of Hybrid Conflict as It Relates to Cyber Conflict - A Speculation
Ben Wittes’ commentary about hybrid conflict asks “what is really new in this idea of hybrid conflict”?, and answers by giving a cyber example that falls at the seams of existing international law. He p...
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