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Document: Joint Statement of President Trump and Kim Jong Un
On Tuesday, the White House issued the following joint statement after President Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore. President Donald J. Trump of the United States of Amer... -
Iraq’s Harsh Approach to Punishing Islamic State ‘Collaborators’ Stands to Have Counterproductive Consequences
“[The Islamic State]’s ideology is so dangerous that we cannot afford to show any leniency” —an Iraqi judge interviewed in Mosul (Dec. 13, 2017) -
Document: Senator Corker Introduces Legislation to Restrict Presidential Authority on National Security Tariffs
On June 6th, Sen. Bob Corker introduced legislation intended to restrict the president's authority to issue national security tariffs. The bill would require the president to receive congressional approv... -
Drone Blowback: Much Ado about Nothing?
Editor’s Note: One of the most common, and seemingly convincing, critiques of the drone program is that it produces "blowback"—each miss that kills civilians, or even each hit that kills a militant, ange... -
'Riyadhology' and Muhammad bin Salman’s Telltale Succession
Saudi Arabia’s monarchy entered a new era last June when King Salman’s ambitious son Muhammad bin Salman, then just shy of 32, was made crown prince by royal order. MBS, as he is widely known, displaced ... -
Room for Optimism? Israeli Supreme Court Presses for Implementation of Ruling on Inmates’ Right to Personal Space
Last summer, the Israeli Supreme Court rendered a landmark judgement, establishing for the first time an obligatory minimum standard for the personal space allocated to inmates—convicted prisoners as wel... -
Congress Should Oversee America’s Wars, Not Just Authorize Them
Nearly 17 years after the 9/11 attacks, a bipartisan coalition of senators has put forward legislation that promises to overhaul the legal framework for America’s worldwide campaign against terrorism. Pr... -
Censorship in the Age of Large Cloud Providers
Internet censors have a new strategy in their bid to block applications and websites: pressuring the large cloud providers that host them. These providers have concerns that are much broader than the tar... -
OLC’s Meaningless 'National Interests' Test for the Legality of Presidential Uses of Force
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) published a legal opinion May 31 that explained the basis for its oral advice in April that President Trump had the authority under Article II of th... -
Jordan Appoints New Prime Minister in Effort to Quell Economic Protests
Jordan’s King Sacks Prime Minister amid Economic Protests -
Helsinki in Asia: A Response to Philip Bobbitt
“Something of historic importance is happening in North Asia,” Phillip Bobbitt writes. “Our present enervation, the sense of inertia in U.S. policy, arises in part because we lack the imaginative ideas c... -
Rethinking the “Lessons” of the First World War
History can be a good friend of confirmation bias. We often look to the past for lessons that support beliefs that we already have instead of the ones best supported by a deep analysis of the evidence.
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