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Canada to Lead NATO Mission Iraq for Another Year
At the end of June, Canadian Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan announced that his country will continue to command NATO Mission Iraq (NMI) until November 2020, rather than handing off leadership to another ... -
Freedom to Grieve: On the Israeli Supreme Court Decision of Combatants for Peace v. Minister of Defense
In the past few years, the Israeli Supreme Court has been a target of political attacks, mostly from conservative circles, which claim that it prefers universal human rights over national values. These g... -
Rational Security: The 'Special Relationship' Edition
The British ambassador to the U.S. resigns after his candid opinions on President Trump are leaked. Federal prosecutors intensify their investigation of a top Trump fundraiser. And a malicious conspiracy... -
Court Denies Motion to Dismiss in Travel Ban Case
On July 10, Judge Victoria A. Roberts of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan denied the government’s motion to dismiss the plaintiffs’ third amended complaint in Arab American Ci... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
U.K. ambassador to the U.S. Sir Kim Darroch resigned on Wednesday following a leak of diplomatic cables in which he refers to the Trump administration as “inept” and “clumsy” and President Trump’s announ... -
Annual Polling Confirms Sustained Public Confidence in U.S. Intelligence
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs recently published results from the second round of an annual poll, sponsored by the Texas National Security Network at the University of Texas at Austin, which aims... -
Government Violated D.C. Local Rule in Concord Management Case, Court Finds
On July 1, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling in United States of America v. Concord Management & Consulting LLC (related to the Internet Research Agency case) limiting ... -
Is Limiting the Gaza Fishing Zone Collective Punishment?
Escalations in the armed conflict between Israel, Hamas and other armed groups in the Gaza Strip tend to follow a familiar pattern. Often, following the shooting of rockets or the launching of incendiary... -
Government Will Name Flynn as Co-Conspirator in Rafiekian Case
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has unsealed a number of documents relating to the government's decision not to call Michael Flynn as a witness in the trial of Bijan Rafiekia... -
Announcing the 10th National Security Law Workshop
We are excited to announce the Tenth National Security Law Workshop! We will be holding the workshop October 10-11, 2019 at the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, VA. Th... -
The Case for Gender Diversity in National Security
From “forever wars” to cyber operations, today’s national security challenges are proving vexingly complex for both Democrats and Republicans. Boosting budgets and restructuring security agencies has not... -
What the British Government Really Thinks
A gaffe is when a politician recklessly tells the truth, Michael Kinsley once said. Sir Kim Darroch is not a politician. He is a diplomat. And the truth he spoke was not a gaffe. It was a leak. But it f...
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