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Incels: America’s Newest Domestic Terrorism Threat
Law-enforcement and counterterrorism agencies need to recognize a real and growing threat. -
Targeting Shahla’i in Addition to Soleimani: Unpacking the Legal Questions
The U.S. may have attempted to kill a second Quds Force commander simultaneous with the Soleimani attack, this time in Yemen. The situation underscores the confusion that besets the self-defense justific... -
Announcing "Context and Consequences of the Soleimani Strike," a New Lawfare E-book
A new Lawfare Institute e-book, "Context and Consequences of the Soleimani Strike: A Lawfare Compilation," is now available on Kindle. -
Canadian National Security: Of Spies and Soleimani
The Canadian Supreme Court rules that a son of Russian spies is a Canadian citizen, and the killing of Qassem Soleimani—and the deaths of Canadian citizens aboard a jet downed by Iran—throws the country’... -
The Long Road Ahead for the Congressional Resolutions on Iran
The War Powers Resolution provides expedited procedures for a very specific type of legislation. This limits how Congress can use them in regard to Iran. -
Rep. Slotkin Introduces War Powers Resolution
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Iran and Hezbollah’s Presence Around the World
Qassim Soleimani's death has prompted questions about Iran’s ability to retaliate against the U.S. outside the Middle East. Iran and Hezbollah have spent the past several decades establishing internation... -
Iran Spent Years Building a Cyber Arsenal. Will It Unleash That Arsenal Now?
The U.S. and its allies would do well to prepare for heightened cyber activity from Iran. But they would do better to prepare for military force more. -
Water Wars: Stare Decisis in the South China Sea
Malaysia and Indonesia lawfare salvos against China, the first made-in-China aircraft carrier and a Japanese military strategy for the South China Sea. -
Attacking Iran’s Cultural Sites Would Violate the Hague Cultural Property Convention
President Trump has doubled down on his threat to bomb Iranian cultural sites if Iran attacks the United States in response to the killing of Qassem Soleimani. Administration officials should affirm publ... -
Has Donald Trump Learned on the Job as Commander in Chief?
The administration's decision-making process seems as broken today as when the president entered office. -
Protecting Diplomats Following Soleimani’s Death
In the wake of Qassem Soleimani’s death, the global threat posed by Iran and its proxies to Americans creates a somewhat novel challenge for the Diplomatic Security Service, the law enforcement arm of th...



