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Be Careful What You Wish For: The Risks of Taiwan Shifting Its South China Sea Policy Against China
Of all the countries on Earth, only Taiwan agrees with and supports all of China’s legal claims in the South China Sea. And Taiwan isn’t even considered to be a country by China, the U.S., and most othe... -
Representative Schiff’s Good New Draft AUMF
I remain skeptical that Congress will ever pass an ISIL AUMF. But if it is going to enact one, I recommend the one just proposed by Representative Schiff (which differs from the previous two he has prop... -
ISIL's "Associated Forces" and the Scope of the Conflict
An article by Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt in today's New York Times discusses a Pentagon plan for expanding/developing the global basing framework for counterterrorist activities, particularly those i... -
It's Bowe Bergdahl Day: HASC Report and NPR's Serial Released
The House Armed Services Committee has released its report on the inquiry into "The Department of Defense's May 2014 Transfer to Qatar of five law-of-war detainees in connection with the recovery of a ca... -
ISIS and Just War Theory
Michael Walzer and Jeff McMahan have each recently written about the war on ISIS. The authors are the leading philosophers of war. -
Jihadology Podcast: Americans in the Islamic State
Lorenzo Vidino and Seamus Hughes come on the show to talk about their new report ISIS in America: From Retweets to Raqqa. Some of the topics covered include: -
On the President’s Request for a Vote on an AUMF for ISIL
There were at least two points of note in President Obama’s call last night for Congress to “vote to authorize the continued use of military force against these terrorists.” First, the President did not... -
Why Israel Outlawed the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement
Editor’s Note: An increasingly important segment of Israel's Arab citizenry is tied to the Islamic Movement, a branch of which Israel banned in November. The decision was controversial: not only did it e... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Natan Sachs on Israeli Anti-solutionism.
The show this week features Natan Sachs, a Fellow in Foreign Policy at the Brookings Institution, who recently published an article in Foreign Affairs on anti-solutionism as strategy in the Israel-Palest... -
The Supreme Court’s Anodyne Opinion in Sachs v. OBB Personenverkehr
This week the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Sachs v. OBB Personenverkehr. As expected, the Court held that OBB, a railroad owned by the Austrian government, was immune under the Foreign S... -
Lawfare across the Atlantic: House of Commons Library Briefing Paper on Military Action in Syria
The U.K. House of Commons Library has released a briefing paper on the "Legal basis for UK military action in Syria." The paper includes a full discussion of the implications of UN Security Council Resol... -
Agreements on Commercial Cyber Espionage: An Emerging Norm?
When the U.S. and China reached an agreement in late September not to engage in commercially motivated cyber espionage it was viewed as a significant step forward in cybersecurity relations between the t...
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