Latest in Foreign Relations & International Law
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Lawfare Daily: Oona Hathaway on the Collapse of Norms Against the Use of Force
How are current events harms the norm prohibiting the use of force? -
Lawfare Daily: The Fallacy of NATO's New Spending Target
How impactful is NATO's new spending target? -
Lawfare Daily: The Famine in Gaza and Its Implications, with Joel Braunold
Discussing what the famine in Gaza means for Israel-Palestinian relations. -
Exploring Ukraine’s Armed Neutrality or Nonalignment: Legal and Policy Considerations
Armed neutrality or nonalignment can ensure Ukraine’s security outside NATO, but with robust Western security obligations and Russian concessions. -
The Trump Admin’s Embrace of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation
The targets, rhetoric, and legal justifications of ideological exclusion and deportation may change over time, but the motivation—suppressing dissent—remains the same. -
The Situation: Not Genocide Is Not High Praise
Israeli policy in Gaza is indefensible. -
ICJ Releases Advisory Opinion On States’ Obligations to Address Climate Change
The UN’s highest court found that states must address the “urgent and existential threat” of climate change and opened the door for recourse on noncompliance. -
Lawfare Daily: Conversations from Aspen, Part 2: Ali Nazary on the Future of Afghanistan and Sam Charap on the Ukraine Conflict
Scott R. Anderson is sharing more of the conversations he had at the Aspen Security Forum. -
Lawfare Daily: Conversations from Aspen, Part 1: Shashank Joshi on European Security and Iris Ferguson on the Arctic
Listen to conversations from the Aspen Security Forum. -
What Washington Wants from Minsk
The Lukashenka regime wants sanctions relief for freeing political prisoners. But what’s in it for the Trump administration? -
The U.K.’s Decryption Order, the CLOUD Act, and Recommended Next Steps
How the U.S. can use the CLOUD Act to push back on countries that seek to impose decryption mandates on U.S. tech companies. -
Rational Security: The “Live from Aspen” Edition
Scott Anderson, Shane Harris, Mark Goldberg, and Alex Ward talked about some of the issues that have emerged at this year’s Aspen Forum


