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The US and Human Rights: A Federalist Society Debate
Criticizing the US stance on human rights treaties is practically an international sport, as evidenced by the bruising reception the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) gave to a US delegation last week. As... -
Snowden Disclosures and Norms of Cyber-Attacks
Secrecy---of the sort that typically shrouds cyber-defense and cyber-attack capabilities and doctrine---complicates the development of international norms. Secrecy makes it difficult to engage in sustai... -
Periodic Review Board Hearing Today
Today an interagency review panel will hear, by video hookup, the case of Guantanamo detainee Ali Ahmad al-Razihi. The issue is whether the Yemeni's further detention is necessary to protect a continuin... -
Legal Limits on the Transfer of Control to ICANN
As I wrote earlier this week, the big news recently in cyberspace was the announcement by the Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, that it planned to effect... -
LOAC and the Crimea
A disturbing news item: it appears that Russian soldiers have killed at least one Ukrainian soldier at a Ukrainian military base in the Crimea, possibly heralding a violent resolution to the tense armed... -
The Precedential Value of the Kosovo Non-Precedent Precedent for Crimea
When the Obama administration invoked the 1999 Kosovo intervention as a precedent in the run-up to the planned Syria invasion, I wrote a post that argued that Kosovo was not a precedent for lawful intern... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Evangelicals, Israel, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Editor’s Note: Although the “Israel lobby” and the support of the American Jewish community for Israel have long received considerable attention, the U.S. evangelical community and its strong backing for... -
Who Controls the Internet Address Book? ICANN, NTIA and IANA
It is almost axiomatic in Washington, that the bureaucracy buries news of which it is not proud with a release late in the day on a Friday afternoon. Though it is a bit harsh to say so, one suspects tha... -
Drone Strikes in Yemen Accelerating Lately...But What If Anything Does It Signify?
Worth noting: There have been four reported drone strikes in Yemen over the past two weeks. Long War Journal provides the details on the latest one here; LWJ's drone coverage in general is simply invalu... -
Michael Lumpkin (ASD-SO/LIC) on Revisiting the AUMF and Article II as a Backstop
The slow-boil debate regarding the fate of the 2001 AUMF continues. The subject came up on March 11 when Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict (SO/LIC) Michael Lum... -
Intelligence Squared US Debate: "The President Has Constitutional Power To Target And Kill U.S. Citizens Abroad"
For the Motion: Alan Dershowitz, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Michael Lewis, Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University School of Law Against the Motion: -
ATS/TVPA Suit Against Cisco Systems Dismissed on Political Question and Act of State Grounds
Another belated post: last week, a district court in Maryland dismissed a ATS and TVPA lawsuit filed in 2011 by members of the Chinese Falun Gong a group of Chinese dissidents against Cisco Systems, the ...
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