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In the years following Israel’s War of Independence in 1948, even though the Israelis had just decisively defeated their enemies, the country’s founding fathers were rather pessimistic about their future...
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Last week, the FBI arrested an 18-year-old as he boarded a Greyhound bus in Indianapolis, according to the Justice Department’s press release. The complaint charges Akram Musleh with providing material s...
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There is a downturn in civil and political rights in many of the world’s largest and most geopolitically significant countries, especially Russia, China, and Turkey, but also other countries such as Vene...
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Editor's Note: For those of us focused on the Middle East, the bad news seems unending: war, terrorism, poor governance, and other problems plague the region and stump U.S. policymakers. But the United S...
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Editor's Note: This article originally appeared on Markaz.
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Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on Markaz.
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Yesterday in the Central District of California, Muhanad Badawi and Nader Elhuzayel—two men from Anaheim—were convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State. A...
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The country’s reaction to the heartbreaking massacre in Orlando has been dispiritingly predictable. When guns—and seemingly no other weapon—are involved in a national tragedy, initial talk of unity rapid...
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As the Obama administration approaches its end, it is interesting to watch former Obama administration officials debate and disagree about its legal legacy. The most recent episode came in response to th...
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Editor's Note: This piece also appears on the Power Wars blog and Just Security.
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Last week saw another lawsuit filed against social media companies for alleged materially supporting terrorists by providing service to ISIS.
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Rumors are swirling that the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) arbitral tribunal will release its long-awaited award in Philippines v. China this week. China has already said it will not com...