As an American lawyer traveling in the Middle East, at the border between Israel and the West Bank, I can’t help but focus on the big, red sign that says, “This Road leads to Area ‘A’ Under The Palestini...

I have now read through the newly-declassified PPG on direct actions, the so-called "Playbook" for drone strikes from May 2013.

At a time when the Republican Party has fractured on virtually every front, moments of unity are rare. One such opportunity appeared last week courtesy of a Wall Street Journal story that disclosed how t...

This document was released yesterday. I haven't read it yet, but it is entitled "Procedures for Approving Direct Action Against Terrorist Targets Located Outside the United States and Areas of Active Hos...

In October 2015, I became a citizen of the United States, after a decade of refuge here from my native Syria. In June 2016, I took my first trip to Europe since coming to this country. With my own native...

Politicians and analysts in Europe and the United States understandably focus on the threat the Islamic State poses to the West, and the debate is fierce over whether the group’s recent attacks are a des...

Hacks and Attacks

An amazing debate is taking place among serious analysts and journalists in the United States regarding the relationship between the Republican nominee for President and the Russian state.

In the two weeks that have passed since the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) arbitral tribunal issued its award against China, no drastic actions have been taken by any of the key parties. Ch...

We have a new piece in The Washington Quarterly, titled “The Legal Legacy of Light-Footprint Warfare.” President Obama’s approach to military intervention has generally emphasized stealthy and often long...

Last Friday, the Department of Defense released an update to the 2015 Law of War Manual. According to Charlie Savage of the New York Times, the changes mainly center on the section related to the treatme...

Editor's Note: The Middle East and Iraq and Syria in particular have long enjoyed religious diversity, with a range of Muslim and non-Muslim groups, including some of the world’s oldest Christian communi...