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How the United States Should Help Protect Jordan from the Chaos Next Door
The Middle East has been engulfed in chaos. Longstanding authoritarian regimes have been toppled; still other dictators have killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions in an effort to retain pow... -
Proposed Changes to China’s Maritime Safety Law and Compliance with UNCLOS
Last week, Reuters reported that China is “considering revisions to its maritime safety law which would make foreign submersibles travel on the surface and report their movements to authorities when in C... -
The Alien Tort Statute and the Morrison “Focus” Test: Still Disagreement After RJR Nabisco
As Lawfare readers know, ever since the Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, lower courts have split over how to apply the majority’s cryptic holding that the Alien Tort Stat... -
Iraqi Forces Advance on Western Mosul, U.S. Weighs Deploying Troops to Syria, Netanyahu Meets with Trump
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North Korea’s Recent Ballistic Missile Launch: Another Foreign Policy Test for Donald Trump
President Donald Trump assessed the state of U.S. foreign affairs during his wide-ranging Thursday press conference: “I just want to let you know, I inherited a mess.” That evaluation appeared to rely, ... -
How Local Law Enforcement Uses Community Policing to Combat Terrorism
Editor’s Note: Terrorism is a global problem, but it is also a local one. Individual terrorists, particularly lone wolves, are often linked to their communities in terms of their resentments, ambitions, ... -
Water Wars: Rediscovering the Status Quo in the South China Sea
China Condemns Trump’s South China Sea Stance While Mulling New Maritime Law -
Clearing Up Misconceptions on Cross-Border Migrant Smugglers: An Interview with Gabriella Sanchez
Since President Donald Trump took office on January 20th, unauthorized immigration and the U.S.-Mexico border have topped the national security agenda (at least until the chaos over General Flynn’s calls... -
U.S. Government Supports Lower Court Decision that Navy Members’ Fukushima Suit Can Proceed in United States
In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake rocked the eastern Japanese coastline, causing 100-foot waves, massive damage, and nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima-Daiichi plant. The following day, the U.S.S.... -
Alleged Russian Deployment of Prohibited Missiles Threatens Landmark INF Treaty
On Tuesday, the Trump administration’s relationship with the Russian Federation became even more complex—and not just because of the chaos surrounding the departure of Lt. General Michael Flynn as Nation... -
Why Michael Flynn’s Plan to Relax Russia Sanctions is Terrible Policy
With the flurry of news surrounding and leading up to Lt. General Michael Flynn’s resignation as national security advisor, our collective focus has once again returned to the bizarre connections between... -
Turkish-backed Rebels Enter al-Bab, Trump and Netanyahu Ready for Meeting, Trump and Congress Mull Designating Muslim Brotherhood as Terrorist Organization
Turkey and Assad Regime Agree to Division of Islamic State-Occupied City
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