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Defusing the Iran-Saudi Powder Keg
Editor’s Note: The Iran-Saudi rivalry has fostered instability throughout the Middle East, with neither side likely to emerge triumphant. This rivalry increases bloodshed in the region and hinders U.S. a... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Once again, Lawfare has reached the end of an exhausting week. Andrew Kent kicked off the week with a study of what issues fall under newly-appointed Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s jurisdiction in the ... -
The Week That Will Be
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Dealing with Trump: How Canada Has Been Successful (So Far)
Editor’s Note: Perhaps no country is closer to the United States—geographically and culturally—than Canada. Aside from a few unpleasant moments at the birth of the American republic, relations have been ... -
The Bizarre, Endless, and Oh-So-Disturbing Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Endless Post
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Paradigms of International Human Rights Law: An Exchange
Earlier this month, Tom Dannenbaum reviewed Aaron Fellmeth’s new book, Paradigms of International Human Rights Law. Fellmeth responds to the review below. Dannenbaum then replies. * * * Fellmeth resp... -
A Bivens Encomium—or Elegy
PDF version A review of James E. Pfander, Constitutional Torts and the War on Terror (Oxford University Press, 2017). *** -
Argument Summary: Hawaii v. Trump
Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall and former Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal faced off yesterday before a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit on the legality of President Trump’s revised Marc... -
The Week That Will Be
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Can the Islamic State Survive Financially?
Editor’s Note: The Islamic State's control of territory and zealous fighters vaulted it to the top ranks of the world's most formidable terrorist groups. Less noticed, but tremendously important to the ... -
The Very Long Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
It’s been a very long week. It was only last Sunday that France voted in centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron as the next president over the far-right National Front leader Marine Le Pen. Laura Dean consi... -
Oral Argument Summary: IRAP v. Trump (the Travel Ban case)
Yesterday afternoon, the Fourth Circuit, sitting en banc, heard two hours of argument in IRAP v. Trump. At issue was District Judge Theodore Chuang’s nationwide preliminary injunction enjoining enforceme... -
Two Upcoming Lawfare Liveblogs This Afternoon: Sally Yates' Testimony and IRAP v. Trump
As Lawfare readers are likely aware, two important events will be taking place at 2:30pm Eastern time this afternoon: first, a hearing by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism featurin... -
Who Counts as al-Qaeda: Lessons from Libya
Editor’s Note: Ties to a terrorist group are rightly a stigma. However, given the nebulous nature of many groups, such connections are often easy to overstate. Alex Thurston, my colleague at Georgetown, ... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Jane Chong, Benjamin Wittes and I kicked off the week by proposing seven different theories that might explain what we know so far about L’Affaire Russe. -
A Reform Proposal for Global Refugee Policies
Lawfare Brief Reviews is pleased to note Refuge: Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World (Oxford UP, forthcoming September 2017), by Paul Collier and Alexander Betts. Paul Collier is professor of e... -
A Philosophical Foundation for International Human Rights Law?
PDF version A review of Aaron Xavier Fellmeth, Paradigms of International Human Rights Law (Oxford University Press, 2016). *** -
Liveblog: Director Comey Testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee
FBI Director James Comey is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in a committee hearing on "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation." Video of the hearing is available here and below... -
Reminder, Hoover Book Soiree: Mark Moyar's Oppose Any Foe
This is a reminder to RSVP for the next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution: tomorrow, May 3, Jack will interview Mark Moyar about his new book, Oppose Any Foe: The Rise of America’s ... -
Do We Really Need Another Trump-Russia Timeline?
Today marks the launch of our comprehensive page collecting developments and news stories relating to President Trump and his associates’ alleged ties to Russia. But the internet is teeming with timeline...
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