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The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly Takes on the Legal Challenges of Hybrid Warfare
Over the last few years, “hybrid warfare” has become firmly established in the Western security lexicon. The concept features prominently in NATO and EU policy instruments and has informed the United Sta... -
Trump’s Plan B for Iran: All Sanctions, No Friends
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Why Be a Pawn to a State? Proxy Wars From a Proxy’s Perspective
This is the second of a two-part series on proxy war. The first essay explained why states might engage in proxy war and the likely costs and problems. This second essay examines the same issues from the... -
Video: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on Corker-Kaine AUMF Bill
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Why Engage in Proxy War? A State’s Perspective
This is the first of a two-part series on proxy war. This first essay explains why states might engage in proxy war and the likely costs and problems. The second will examine the same issues from the pro... -
Can China Stop Wars Once They Start?
Editor’s Note: Tension between the United States and China is rising, and several problems in the region could even lead to war—a frightening risk that deserves serious attention. Oriana Mastro, my colle... -
The Lawfare Podcast: The Jerusalem Embassy Opening and Protests in Gaza
The past week saw the culmination of a major shift in US policy as the United States formally opened its embassy in Jerusalem. Yet ongoing protests along the border with the Gaza Strip and the Israeli go... -
Sure, Sell to ZTE—Just Don’t Buy From Them
On May 13, the president tweeted: President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Com... -
What Trump’s JCPOA Withdrawal Means for India
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SinoTech: Another Round of US-China Trade Talks, and Trump Gives ZTE a Break
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Iraq’s Controversial Cleric Poised to Win Election
As U.S. Opens Embassy in Jerusalem, Israeli Forces Kill 60 Demonstrators in Gaza -
When Constitutional Rules May No Longer Be Law: A Response to Goldsmith and Glennon
In his April 16 post on the similarities between American constitutional and international laws regulating the use of war powers—an analysis similar to but narrower than his 2009 law review article writt...
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