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Hong Kong Independence Threatened
Yet another important story buried in the chaos of the Trump presidency. As the New York Times reports, China is moving to end Hong Kong's independence: -
Frustrated Foreign Fighters
Returned foreign fighters pose a significant terrorism threat to their home countries, but policies that aim to block the flow of foreigners frustrate some of these would-be jihadists. That frustration p... -
Gaza End Game?
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz. Last week’s news that Gaza’s Hamas rulers have entered into a new pact with former Fatah strongman Mohammed Dahlan appeared to signal a new phase... -
Assessing the South China Sea Arbitral Award after One Year: Why China Won and the U.S. is Losing
A year ago today, an arbitral tribunal formed pursuant to the United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea issued a blockbuster award finding much of China’s conduct in the South China Sea in violati... -
U.S. and Russia Agree to Ceasefire in Syria, Iraq Winds Down Fighting in Mosul, Turkish Opposition Rallies against Erdogan, and Britain Will Continue Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia
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Terrorists and Territory: What Jordan Can Teach Us about Managing Jihadists
Editor’s Note: Since 9/11, the United States has pushed all its allies to crack down on terrorism to prevent them from launching attacks or aiding others who might do so. President Trump has doubled down... -
Don’t Ignore Ukraine: Lessons From the Borderland of the Internet
Most Americans might consider the events occurring in Ukraine—a distant conflict somewhere along the border between the Russian Federation and Western Europe—to be someone else’s problem. What that persp... -
New Developments in Israeli Counterterrorism Law: Discrimination in Home Demolitions, Civil Lawsuits, and Material Support
The past few weeks have seen several significant legal developments concerning Israeli counterterrorism policy. First, the Supreme Court of Israel ruled that as a matter of principle, the Israeli authori... -
Water Wars: “Negative Factors” and No Good Answers
Aggressive U.S. Maneuvering in the South China Sea Is Upstaged by an Unexpected North Korean ICBM Test -
Iraq Declares Victory in Mosul, U.S. Will Leave Assad to Russia, Qatar’s Deadline to Meet Saudi Demands Nears, and Saudi Arabia’s New Prince Cracks Down
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The DC Circuit Refuses to Adjudicate TVPA Claim Regarding the Lawfulness of Extrajudicial Killings
As Quinta Jurecic reported Friday, in Jaber v. United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. -
Grammar Matters: Did China Really Declare that the Entire Sino-UK Joint Declaration is “Not At All Binding”? Maybe Not.
Last Friday, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) made global headlines with his remarks on how the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration was a “historical document” that “no longe...



