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Hezbollah, Drugs, and the Obama Administration: A Closer Look at a Damning Politico Piece
An expose in Politico by Josh Meyer entitled “The secret backstory of how the Obama administration let Hezbollah off the hook” makes a damning charge: “In its determination to secure a nuclear deal with ... -
What’s So Great About the Declare War Clause?
PDF Version A review of Noah Feldman’s “The Three Lives of James Madison,” (Random House, 2017). *** I -
Knesset Considers Changing Law to Apply Death Penalty to Convicted Terrorists
Israel has confronted terrorist attacks for many decades, but in all of those years, the Knesset and the public have not seriously considered whether the justice system should sentence convicted terroris... -
Political Islam and Islamist Terrorism in Bangladesh: What You Need to Know
Editor’s Note: Despite the size of its population and growing importance, Bangladesh gets little attention in policy circles. This is true even though radical terrorist groups like the Islamic State are ... -
Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Russia Report
The Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee released a report on Jan. 10 entitled “Putin’s Asymmetrical Assault on Democracy in Russia and Europe: Implications for U.S. National Security.” Th... -
What's So Great About the Declare War Clause? Noah Feldman's Madison & War Powers: Part III
The first two essays of this three-part series on Noah Feldman’s “The Three Lives of James Madison” discussed Madison’s theory of war powers and some of its failure or adaptation in practice. This last e... -
Jordan's Geopolitical Options
The Kingdom of Jordan, a long-time U.S. ally in the Middle East, is looking to reorient its regional policies. This shift is not only significant for Washington to monitor but has already alarmed Saudi A... -
What’s So Great About the Declare War Clause? Noah Feldman’s Madison & War Powers: Part II
The first essay in this three-part series about Noah Feldman’s “The Three Lives of James Madison” discussed how Madison’s theory of war powers was focused heavily on internal dangers to liberty and repub... -
What's So Great About the Declare War Clause? Noah Feldman's Madison & War Powers: Part I
I have long believed two things about constitutional war powers, which my reading of Noah Feldman’s “The Three Lives of James Madison” largely confirmed. First, James Madison was brilliant and prescient ... -
Turkey Invades Syria to Fight U.S.-backed Kurdish Forces ... Again
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Water Wars: Japan Sees Red Over China’s Submarine Deployment
On Jan. 11, the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced that two vessels, a Chinese 4,000-ton Jiangkai-II class frigate and a submarine of unknown origins, were sighted near the territorial waters surrou... -
Americans Support Sanctions ... Most of the Time
On Jan. 12, 2018, the Trump administration put in place sanctions against Sadegh Amoli Larijani, the head of the Iranian judiciary, and others in response to Iranian human rights abuses.
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