Democracy & Elections

The Proliferation Security Initiative: Interdiction on the High Seas to Prevent Proliferation

Robert Chesney
Wednesday, September 10, 2014, 3:35 PM
Interested in the legal and policy architecture relating to the high seas interdiction of ships possibly bearing WMD material? Me too! The Proliferation Security Initiative, was a somewhat hot topic about a decade ago, but has not gotten much attention lately.

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Interested in the legal and policy architecture relating to the high seas interdiction of ships possibly bearing WMD material? Me too! The Proliferation Security Initiative, was a somewhat hot topic about a decade ago, but has not gotten much attention lately. But I learned today that DOD has a nifty new website on the program, and urge you to check it out: here. And if you are really into the topic, or just bored, maybe you'll get a kick out reading this short piece I wrote on PSI, back in 2003, for Dick Friedman's National Strategy Forum.

Robert (Bobby) Chesney is the Dean of the University of Texas School of Law, where he also holds the James A. Baker III Chair in the Rule of Law and World Affairs at UT. He is known internationally for his scholarship relating both to cybersecurity and national security. He is a co-founder of Lawfare, the nation’s leading online source for analysis of national security legal issues, and he co-hosts the popular show The National Security Law Podcast.

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