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Executive Order on Cyber Sanctions
President Obama has, today, issued an executive order entitled, "Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities." On first glance it looks like a str... -
The Bergdahl Roadmap to Unilateral Presidential Closure of GTMO
We have not paid enough attention to the significance of the administration’s legal argument in support of the Bergdahl trade for President Obama’s goal of closing GTMO. The Article II logic in the admi... -
On the 2014 Gaza War Assessment
The recent “2014 Gaza War Assessment: The New Face of Conflict” deserves careful reading and consideration by all LOAC scholars and practitioners. The report was written by five richly experienced retir... -
The Zero Dark Thirtieth Birthday Cake
From the baker of hard national security choices, who once brought you the "drone strike cake"---called "notorious" by Rolling Stone magazine---it's the Zero Dark Thirtieth Birthday Cake: -
Intelligence Squared US Debate: "The President Has Exceeded His Constitutional Authority By Waging War Without Congressional Authorization"
This evening, at 6:45 pm, Intelligence Squared US is holding a debate on the resolution: "The president has exceeded his constitutional authority by waging war without congressional authorization." Argui... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #60: An Interview with Paul Rosenzweig
Episode 60 of the Cyberlaw Podcast features Paul Rosenzweig, founder of Red Branch Consulting PLLC and Senior Advisor to The Chertoff Group. Most importantly he was a superb Deputy Assistant Secretary f... -
Judicialization of Warfare in the U.K.
A British think tank called Policy Exchange has released a very interesting report on judicialization of British warfare. Entitled "Clearing the Fog of Law: Saving Our Armed Forces from Defeat by Judicia... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In advance of tonight’s midnight deadline, nuclear negotiators in Switzerland have been working hard and working late. Yesterday, U.S. -
The Tenth Year Anniversary of UNSCR 1593, which Referred the Situation in Darfur to the International Criminal Court
Ten years ago today, on March 31, 2005, the U.N. Security Council adopted resolution 1593, which referred the situation in Darfur, Sudan, to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for investi... -
"The Future of Violence" on Diane Rehm
This morning, Gabriella Blum and I had the pleasure of appearing on the Diane Rehm Show to discuss The Future of Violence: Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones---Confronting A New Age of Threat. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Shots were fired this morning at Fort Meade after two people in a vehicle attempted to ram a gate leading to the National Security Agency. The Washington Post reports that one person was killed and at le... -
International Legal Justification for the Yemen Intervention: Blink and Miss It
There has been surprisingly little discussion about the international legal justification for the airstrikes in Yemen that are being led by the Saudis. Other than a Just Security post that tackles some o...
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