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Precision Lethality and Civilian Harm Mitigation: Challenges and Opportunities in the Future of Warfighting

Foreign Policy Essay

Dangers of Deploying the Military on U.S. Soil

Donald Trump’s Surprising Defense of International Norms

Erik Gartzke

Apr 16, 2017

Editor’s Note: The United States in general, and the Trump administration in particular, is often accused of not matching its deeds to its rhetoric. When the Trump administration decided to use force aga...
Remaining Faithful to “the Basic Principles of Human Rights Found in the Original ECHR”?

Ed Bates

Apr 14, 2017

PDF version A review of Marco Duranti, The Conservative Human Rights Revolution: European Identity, Transnational Politics, and the Origins of the European Convention (Oxford University Press, 2016).
Why Trump Won’t Be Able to Lead U.S. Foreign Policy—Even If He Tries

Ronald R. Krebs

Apr 9, 2017

Editor’s Note: Trump's election and subsequent "malevolence tempered by incompetence" have frightened foreign-policy professionals and many concerned Americans. With all the focus on Trump, however, many...