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Water Wars: The South China Sea Security Dialogue That Wasn’t
U.S. and Chinese Officials Meet for Inaugural High-Level U.S.-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue, But South China Sea Issues Feature Less Prominently Than Anticipated -
An Unexpected Primer: The Origination Clause and the Senate's Sanctions Bill
It's hard to imagine a legal topic further afield from national security law than the Origination Clause. -
Don’t Forget Non-Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Order from Chaos. -
Soldier Self-Defense and the Strikes in Syria
On Tuesday, U.S. forces shot down an armed Iranian drone in southern Syria, a few days after a similarly justified strike on a Syrian aircraft that dropped a bomb near a U.S. training outpost. Combined w... -
Climate Change-Induced Migration from Central America
Last Thursday and Friday, the United States and Mexico co-hosted top officials from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and other countries for the "Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America.... -
U.S. Sinks Deeper into Syrian Civil War, Gulf Feud Starting to Shift Qatari Policy, U.S. Resumes Weapons Deliveries to Saudi Arabia
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Beyond CFIUS: The Strategic Challenge of China’s Rise in Artificial Intelligence
Congress may soon consider legislation reportedly being drafted by Senator Cornyn that could heighten scrutiny of Chinese investments in artificial intelligence and other sensitive emerging technologies ... -
War Powers and the Su-22 Episode: Third-Party Defense of Coalition Partners
Early Sunday evening, a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet shot down a Syrian Air Force Su-22 that had just completed a bombing run targeting US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Raqqa region. The e... -
Why the U.S. Can’t Take Sides in South China Sea Sovereignty Disputes, Even Against China
Despite last month’s U.S. Navy operation near Chinese-occupied Mischief Reef in the South China Sea, influential commentators have offered increasingly dire warnings about the failure of U.S. policy to p... -
Containing Iran and Maintaining Legitimacy
The threat posed by the Iranian regime was one focus of a recent Academic Exchange (AE) retreat of International Relations specialists and international lawyers. Even with the reelection of President Has... -
Why the United States Needs Foreign Law Enforcement to Succeed Against the Islamic State
Editor’s Note: American leaders have long recognized that police and other law-enforcement officials are on counterterrorism's front lines and that foreign governments play a vital role in disrupting ter... -
GCC Crisis: How to Resolve the Diplomatic Rift
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Markaz. On Monday 5 June, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Egypt cut ties with the Gulf state of Qatar, claiming Doha’s regio...
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