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Court of Military Commissions Review Issues Two New Orders
The Court of Military Commissions Review (CMCR) has issued two new orders in recent days in the cases of Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi and the five accused 9/11 conspirators. In the latter case, the Miam... -
What Comes Next After the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee's Vote to Repeal the AUMF?
As Bobby Chesney noted, today House Republicans took a surprising move by adopting an amendment offered by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) to a Defense spending bill to sunset the 2001 Authorization for Use of M... -
Statement from Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins for June 27
Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Brigadier General Mark Martins released the following statement on Tuesday on the occasion of military commissions hearings this week in the case of Abd al-Hadi al-I... -
Soldier Self-Defense and the Strikes in Syria
On Tuesday, U.S. forces shot down an armed Iranian drone in southern Syria, a few days after a similarly justified strike on a Syrian aircraft that dropped a bomb near a U.S. training outpost. Combined w... -
Ziglar v. Abbasi: A Summary
Yesterday, the Supreme Court decided Ziglar v. Abbasi, an important case curbing lawsuits against former government officials for purported abuse of federal detainees. Some will view this decision as an ... -
War Powers and the Su-22 Episode: Third-Party Defense of Coalition Partners
Early Sunday evening, a US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet shot down a Syrian Air Force Su-22 that had just completed a bombing run targeting US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the Raqqa region. The e... -
An Opportunity to Change the Conversation on Autonomous Weapon Systems
Those working to ban “killer robots” were clearly distraught when the Chair of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) recently announced that the August 2017 meeting—and, by extension, the ... -
DC Circuit Shoots Down Drone Regulations: Taylor v. Huerta
Early last year on Lawfare, Ashley discussed the 2015 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) interim rule “establishing registration and marking requirements for small unmanned aircraft used recreationall... -
Updating the 2001 AUMF at Long Last? On the Flake-Kaine Bill
It is past time for Congress to update the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), explicitly authorizing the armed conflict with the Islamic State while also adding further important re... -
Senators Jeff Flake and Tim Kaine Introduce New AUMF
Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) have introduced a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force against ISIS, al Qaeda, and the Taliban. -
Last Week at the Military Commissions
The Military Commissions were busy last week in the case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ammar al-Baluchi, and Mustafa Ahmad al Hawsawi. In summarizing what happened... -
China’s Employment of Unmanned Systems: Across the Spectrum from Peacetime to Wartime
While China has become a driving force for the proliferation of UAVs worldwide through its extensive and increasing exports, China’s own use of these systems could also influence global norms regarding t...
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