Editor’s Note:  Cooperation among terrorist groups is dangerous, making them far more flexible and lethal in their operations. Yet such cooperation is rare, and when it occurs it can be fraught with prob...

I am amused today by these two headlines about the IMF's just-released assessment of Iran's economy and the effects of remaining sanctions: the New York Times reports that I.M.F.

As I suggested last month, the Snowden disclosures are going to drive even our European allies to doubt America's bona fides as a steward of the internet.  Thus, we should not be surprised to learn that ...

Karen DeYoung and Greg Miller report in the WP that Al-Qaeda’s recent expulsion of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has raised questions about whether the AUMF “still applies” to ISIS.

Some thoughts on this morning’s drone strike news (NYT, WSJ). The NYT says that President Obama’s announcement last May of an intention “to gradually shift drone operations from the C

Over at Politico, Josh Gerstein has an interesting piece on the Ali piracy case, and its potential implications for terrorism cases.  The article---which quotes Jen Daskal and Cully Stimson, among others...

Kimberly Dozier AP reports this morning that "[a]n American citizen who is a member of al-Qaida is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, . . .

Editor’s Note: Terrorist groups typically rely on tried and true tactics such as shootings, bombings, and of course suicide attacks. These and a handful of other methods represent the vast majority of te...

Released today: this quite significant order, containing the district court's findings of fact and conclusions of law in Ibrahim v. Department of Homeland Security---or the "No-Fly List Case" [h/t Wired]...

That is the title of this press release by Senator Jeff Merkley, announcing a resolution “calling for Congress to have a role in approving any further United States military involvement in Afghanistan af...

Strategika, a Hoover Institution online journal edited by Victor Davis Hanson, has published a symposium on whether armed drones are strategically something new, or just an incremental step forward in re...

Here are two quite recent papers, both of obvious interest to Lawfare readers.  The first, entitled "Drones: the Power to Kill," was penned by former Attorney Alberto Gonzales.  Among other things, Gonza...