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A Post-Human Rights Era? A Reappraisal and a Response to Critics
The growing challenges both to international human rights law and to the international legal system as a whole count as old news by now. The sources of these threats are many: the rise in populism and na... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Donald Trump said the U.S. should recognize Israeli sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights territory, upending decades of U.S. policy, the New York Times reports. In the wake of a terrori... -
Documents: House Request for Trump-Putin Meeting Information and White House Response
On March 4, the chairmen of the House committees on Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight and Reform sent a request to acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney for information regarding a Wa... -
Documents: Court Unseals Documents Regarding Chelsea Manning Subpoena
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has unsealed several filings concerning Chelsea Manning's challenge to a subpoena in that court. Manning was found to be in civil contempt on ... -
International Terrorism Prosecutions During Winter 2019
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A New Resource: Announcing the Brookings House Oversight Tracker
When Democrats took control of the House of Representatives in January, they pledged that the transition would usher in a period of vigorous oversight of the executive branch. -
Rational Security: The 'Domestic is Global' Edition
The killing of 50 Muslims by a white supremacist in New Zealand prompts us to reconsider the meaning of domestic terrorism. The Pentagon identifies projects it will cut to pay for President Trump’s borde... -
SinoTech: U.S. and China Delay Bilateral Summit as Negotiators Work on Trade Deal
On March 14, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin shared with reporters that the Trump-Xi summit, originally scheduled for late March, would be pushed back because American and Chinese trade negotiators are ... -
Confidence in Government on National Security Matters: February 2019
In July 2017, we began a polling project to measure public confidence in government institutions on national security matters on an ongoing basis. This post provides our data for the month of February 20... -
Supreme Court Reinforces Mandatory Detention of Immigrants
The Supreme Court’s March 19 decision on in Nielsen v. Preap rejected challenges to mandatory detention of certain noncitizens—“aliens” under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Generally speaking... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
U.S. officials have questioned Islamic State militants, detained by U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria, who are suspected of involvement in the January suicide bombing that killed multiple U.S... -
There Are Too Many Red Lines in Cyberspace
U.S. officials increasingly express old frustrations about the lack of standards for appropriate state behavior in cyberspace. As U.S.-China trade tensions soar, cybersecurity firms have reported that Ch...
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