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Want to Know What’s Next in Russian Election Interference? Pay Attention to Ukraine’s Elections
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Gaza Border Events Revisited—Has the U.N. Commission of Inquiry Sharpened the Picture?
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Document: Judge in Abu Ghraib Case Denies U.S. Sovereign Immunity for Jus Cogens Norms
On Friday, Judge Leonie M. Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted government motions to dismiss and for summary judgment in Al Shimari v. CACI, a case brought by... -
Fitna, a Failed Coup and a Squandered Opportunity to Undermine the Islamic State’s ‘Intangible Power’
Editor’s Note: The Islamic State seeks to project an image of strength, and that image has attracted many followers. In the past few years, the above-ground caliphate has collapsed and infighting is grow... -
Recognizing Israel’s Claims to the Golan Heights: Trump’s Decision in Perspective
On Thursday, March 21, President Trump introduced yet another sea change to U.S. policy towards the Arab-Israeli conflict—this time by tweet. “After 52 years,” Trump wrote, “it is time for the United Sta... -
Brexit Endgame: European Union Takes Back Control
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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... -
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 ... -
Breaking Down the Combating BDS Act of 2019 and First Amendment Challenges to State Anti-BDS Laws
On Feb. 5, the Senate passed a package of Middle East policy bills, including the Combating BDS Act of 2019. The act, which would affect laws on the books in 26 states that prevent state and local govern... -
Framing Israel: The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on the Spring 2018 Gaza Border Confrontations
Politicians, trial lawyers and drafters of reports learn early on that framing an argument is central to the task of persuasion. And so it goes for the report by the U.N. Human Rights Council’s Commissio... -
The Constitutional Path to Dictatorship in Venezuela
In the 1970s, Venezuela was among the richest countries in the world, and, uniquely for Latin America, it maintained a robust constitutional democracy with peaceful transfers of power. -
Is the Islamic State Defeated?
Editor’s Note: Whether the Islamic State is out as well as down is hotly debated in the terrorism world. President Trump believes the group is defeated, but most analysts argue that it remains a major th...
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