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New Abbottabad Documents Released in Trial of Abid Naseer
In the trial of Abid Naseer, the U.S. Department of Justice released a trove of new files recovered from Osama bin Laden's compound during the May 2011 raid by U.S. Navy Seals that ended in his death. Se... -
How a U.N. Security Council Resolution Transforms a Non-Binding Agreement with Iran Into a Binding Obligation Under International Law (Without Any New Senatorial or Congressional Vote)
It is now clear that any deal with Iran will by its terms be a non-binding agreement. That means the United States will have no international law obligation to comply with the agreement, considered in i... -
Senate Foreign Relations Hearing on ISIS AUMF
Earlier this morning, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee heard testimony from Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mart... -
C-SPAN Washington Journal AUMF Discussion
C-SPAN's Washington Journal had two lengthy segments on the AUMF controversy this morning. -
What if the GOP Letter to the Ayatollah Actually Works?
Editor's note: The following is adapted from a post on Markaz, the blog of the Brookings Center for Middle East Policy. Lawfare has already seen a lot of coverage about the letter 47 Republican senators... -
Non-Legal Agreements: Easier to Make, Easier to Break
If, as Marty and I just argued, the deal with Iran is a non-binding agreement under international law, then, as we stated, “there is little doubt about the President’s constitutional authority to make th... -
The Case for the President’s Unilateral Authority to Conclude the Impending Iran Deal is Easy Because it Will (Likely) be a Nonbinding Agreement Under International Law
[Cross-posted at Just Security.] In Marty’s post yesterday about the letter that 47 Senators sent to “the Leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he briefly addressed the quest -
The Middle East Ticker
Despite a vote to end security cooperation with Israel, PA crackdown on Hamas continues: Last week, the Central Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization voted to end security cooperation with... -
The Iran Letter and the Logan Act
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More on the Senate’s Role in the Impending Iran Deal
Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has responded here to the letter from the 47 Republican Senators, on which I commented yesterday. Just as the Senators’ letter purported to school Iran on U.S. consti... -
Exercising Maritime Asia
The latest installation of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative covers the annual military exercises that take place in East Asia each winter and spring. If you’re interested in the details of these... -
The Error in the Senators’ Letter to the Leaders of Iran
Josh Rogin reports that a “group of 47 Republican senators has written an open letter to Iran's leaders warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with President Barack Obama's administration won’t las...
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