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Expansion of the AUMF: The Only Means to an End?
With eyes turned towards the debate of who should be in control of the drone strikes, little attention was given to the Senate Foreign...
Apr 5, 20133 min read
Congress v. China: The Cyber-Espionage Debate Turns Into Concrete Action
During a speech to the Asia Society on March 11, 2013, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon took China to task for suspected acts of...
Apr 2, 20132 min read
Drones and Unintended Consequences
The introduction of new technology to warfare holds the potential for unforeseen consequences as the law and norms regulating the use of...
Mar 27, 20133 min read
US Sends F-16 to Mubarak, Morsi Takes Delivery
A lot can change in three years. Obama had just made a speech in Cairo and Egypt seemed like a beacon of stability in the Middle East...
Feb 20, 20132 min read
Bypassing Miranda
“You have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an...
Feb 7, 20134 min read
Lifting the Veil of Secrecy: Reformed Military Commissions Ready to Try 9/11 Suspects
On April 4th, 2012 the Department of Defense (DoD) announced that five 9/11 suspects- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih...
Feb 3, 20135 min read
Syria and chemical weapons laws
So what are the chemical weapons laws President Obama is speaking of? The fear of chemical weapons predated their manufacture....
Dec 27, 201227 min read
U.S.-Iran Sanctions
On December 7th, 2012, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton extended exemptions from -15983302″>sanctions on Iranian oil for India and...
Dec 23, 20123 min read
The Necessity of a Federal Law for the Prosecution of Foreign Combatants
The trend of warfare in the last century speaks to future conflicts continuing to be less traditional and involving questions that are...
Dec 21, 20123 min read
Mass Gun Violence: A Clear National Security Threat
On December 14, 2012, the United States was left stunned and in disbelief after twenty-year old gunman Adam Lanza stormed into Sandy Hook...
Dec 19, 20124 min read
“Operational Preparation of the Environment”: “Covert Action” By Any Other Name?
Recent events, such as Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) “drone” programs and CIA Director Leon...
Dec 15, 20123 min read
Structural Considerations Regarding Domestic Policy to Combat Water Scarcity
Terrorism and cyber attacks are frequently mentioned in the discourse of national security because of their direct and visible effects...
Nov 28, 20123 min read
9/11 pretrial hearings debate rules for Constitution's applicability
Last month as President Barack Obama reiterated his desire to close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention center, government lawyers and...
Nov 25, 20124 min read
Sex and the Military: the Problems the Tabloids Aren't Talking About
This Veteran’s Day, the biggest news story about the military was the resignation of CIA Director and retired General David Petraeus in...
Nov 23, 20123 min read
A Step In The Right Direction: The SEC’s Recent Efforts in Strengthening National Cyber-Securi
This year, The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) took a significant step, arguably an unintentional one, towards...
Oct 10, 20122 min read
Cyber Attacks and the Law of War: Decoding the Pentagon’s Response
The Pentagon recently stated it intends to treat sufficiently destructive cyber attacks as acts of war, subject to armed retaliation. In...
Aug 29, 20123 min read
After Huawei: A New Approach To Foreign Direct Investment in a World of Increased Security
In today’s global economy, “state capitalism” and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a significant role in trade regulation. Naturally,...
Aug 28, 20124 min read
Public Disinterest in International Relations
This year President Obama and Mitt Romney are campaigning for the public vote in the Presidential race. Most of the ads we see on the...
Aug 21, 20124 min read
The Next Front: the Growing International Concerns over North Korea
In the 2002 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush linked North Korea with Iraq and Iran, labeling them as the “Axis of...
Apr 16, 20123 min read
Are you safer on flights? Maybe not…
[twitter name=”name”]Since 2001 the United States has taken many precautions to guard against another similar tragedy from occurring. One...
Apr 4, 20122 min read
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