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China’s Threat of Force in the Taiwan Strait
China is clearly engaged in military intimidation of Taiwan and is not living up to its commitment to settle the cross-strait issues through peaceful means. -
What to Make of the Johnson-Grassley Report on Biden and Burisma
The report doesn't break any new ground and highlights the decline of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. -
TikTok Wins Round One: An Overview of Judge Nichols’s Preliminary Injunction Ruling
A federal judge has barred the Trump administration, for the moment, from enforcing IEEPA sanctions against TikTok. Here’s why. -
Were Iran and the United States Really ‘on the Brink’? Observations on Gray Zone Conflict
The managed escalation in response to the targeting of Qassem Soleimani avoided an all-out war—just as it was intended to do. -
Could a Kiwi Sailor’s Northwest Passage Transit Break the Legal Ice Between Canada and the U.S.?
Short-term coronavirus regulations led the Kiwi Roa to inadvertently challenge Canada’s long-standing claim that the waters of the Arctic archipelago and Northwest Passage are internal waters. -
Rim of the Pacific and Its Discontents
The past month in the Indo-Pacific saw flyovers of military exercises, anti-ship ballistic missiles and rising Taiwan tensions. -
ChinaTalk: Adam Tooze on Why History Matters
This week's episode of ChinaTalk. -
Constitutional War Powers: A “Casebook Chapter”
Professor Stephen Griffin (of Tulane) and I have posted to SSRN what we’re calling our free “model casebook chapter” on constitutional war powers. -
The Unbalanced Spear
As the role of special operations forces shift with U.S. grand strategy, it's time to reevaluate how they fit into the civilian oversight of the U.S. military. -
Eisenhower and War Powers
Eisenhower never initiated a major armed conflict. Still, his administration offers critical insight for modern war powers questions. -
FISC Declassifies Opinion about Retention of Carter Page FISA Information
On Friday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a declassified opinion by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) detailing limited circumstances under which the... -
ChinaTalk: The Mulan Debacle
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