Blowback Builds with the Vaccine Mandate on the Horizon
By Drake Birnbaum In an attempt to end the COVID-19 pandemic, President Biden delivered Executive Orders 14042 and 14043 which require...
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THE BLOG
- Dec 4, 2020
- 3 min
Ethiopia: Flood of Instability in the Horn of Africa
By Joshua Stanley Even with international events increasingly dominating the U.S. news cycle again, Ethiopia’s struggles have been...
- Nov 28, 2020
- 3 min
A Secure Election and an Insecure Transition
By Brooke Carloss The 2020 Election Outperformed Expectations In an eventful and often stressful year for many people across the United...
- Nov 1, 2020
- 3 min
How the Insurrection Act might have an Impact on Election Night
By Regina DiMaggio In less than six months, the obscure Insurrection Act has become a hot topic within the law enforcement and legal...
- Apr 6, 2020
- 4 min
The Department of Defense’s Inconsistent Response to Extremists in the Ranks
By Christopher Nelson On February 11, 2020, I attended a hearing in front of the House Subcommittee on Military Personnel regarding white...
- Mar 12, 2020
- 4 min
The Right of Return for the ISIS Bride
By Casey Hare-Osifchin It is often believed to be a fundamental right to be able to travel in and out of your home country. However, the...
- Mar 9, 2020
- 3 min
Hey Alexa, Who Hacked my Phone? Jeff Bezos’ Cellphone Hack’s Implications on National Cybersecurity
By Kimiya Gilani In 2018, Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos was the victim of a cyberattack that targeted his personal cell phone, an...
- Nov 6, 2019
- 4 min
The Notre Dame Fire: Just How Safe Are Our Cultural Sites?
By Bree Evans In April 2019, the world was completely captivated for hours when a fire broke out in Paris’s famed Notre Dame Cathedral....
- Dec 5, 2018
- 2 min
Reflection on the Death of President George H.W. Bush
There are those whom history has called “great” who derived their greatness from their physical strength, their tactical military...
- Apr 2, 2018
- 3 min
Harlem Suarez and the Standard for Entrapment
By: Andrew Glenn On July 25, 2015, a team of FBI agents broke cover with guns drawn and surrounded a white Toyota Camry in a Benihana...
- Mar 19, 2018
- 3 min
INCSEA and the Persistence of Dangerous Intercepts
By: Dale Ton In January, a Russian Air Force fighter jet intercepted a U.S. Navy surveillance plane over the Black Sea. During the...
- Feb 19, 2018
- 4 min
The President’s Authority to Disclose Information, and the National Security Threat of the Nunes Mem
By: Maximilian Raileanu Introduction A couple of times over the past year, the Trump Administration has come under heavy fire for the...
- Nov 16, 2017
- 1 min
Annual Review of National Security Law
The 27th Annual Review of the field of National Security Law is taking place today November 16th, and tomorrow Friday, November 17th....
- Nov 13, 2017
- 3 min
Updates Pending: The Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in the Microsoft Ireland Case
By: Jen Goss, November 13, 2017 In October, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case of United States v. Microsoft Corp. A...
- Nov 5, 2017
- 5 min
Kaspersky, the NSA, and Data Breaches: Bad Security Practices
By Ryan Johnston – November 5, 2017 The NSA is one of the foremost agencies responsible for collecting data in the United States, but it...
- Oct 28, 2017
- 9 min
Pressure on Jordan: Refusal to extradite mastermind of deadly 2001 Sbarro suicide bombing in Jerusal
By Michelle Munneke, J.D. 2017, American University Washington College of Law. In March of this year, Jordan expressed its refusal to...
- Oct 26, 2017
- 3 min
Labeling Las Vegas: An Analysis of Declaring the Tragedy a Terrorist Attack
By Samuel Nicosia Tragedy swept the nation like wildfire on October 1, 2017, when Stephen Paddock opened fired on unsuspecting...
- Oct 7, 2017
- 4 min
Legal Implications of Detaining the Latest American Enemy Combatant
By Annica Mae Mattus It is around four weeks since the Department of Defense announced an American citizen is being detained by American...
- Feb 27, 2017
- 1 min
2017 Spring NSLB Symposium: Cyber Space and Hacking; Meeting the Challenges of the Digital Age
Register for our Spring Symposium here: https://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration March 1st, from 1-5pm #Symposium
- Dec 31, 2016
- 4 min
Targeted Drone Strikes and the Growing Unrest in Yemen
By James Feeney Less than a month after the deadly terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States launched its first-ever...
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