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In his post this morning, Ben identifies what he calls "flaws" with three of the six principles for a use-of-force authorization for ISIL that were introduced yesterday by a group of legal experts (that ...
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By coincidence, the same day that Jack, Bobby, Matt and I released our draft AUMF text, a group associated with Just Security released a document entitled "Principles to Guide Congressional Authorization...
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A few weeks ago Matthew Waxman and I ended our critical essay on President Obama’s war powers legacy by noting that “Obama’s legacy will look quite different if, after the midterm elections, he seeks and...
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President Obama said last week that he wants an AUMF for the ISIL conflict, and he further stated that he wants to “right-size and update whatever authorization Congress provides to suit the current figh...
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On Wednesday morning at 10 a.m.
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Editor’s Note: Under President Xi Jinping, China appears more aggressive and dictatorial: a worrisome combination as China’s wealth makes it more influential and helps it build a stronger military.
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By the end of the year, the United States and Japan are expected to release revised Guidelines for Defense Cooperation. For the first time in seventeen years, the two nations will modernize the framework...
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Published by Basic Books (2014)
Reviewed by Benjamin Bissell
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In August I described a politically palatable AUMF against the Islamic State (IS). What was politically palatable in August is not necessarily politically palatable after three months of air strikes, ho...
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Earlier on Lawfare, I wrote about the outcome of the Chinese government’s Fourth Plenum---a key meeting of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party which wrapped up about two weeks ago.
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It...is...on. At a press briefing today, President Obama declared three legislative priorities for the lame-duck Congress in the weeks ahead. One is to get an AUMF for ISIS:
Second, I'm going to begin en...
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The result is no surprise: Republicans now control both houses of Congress---or, at least, they will come January. I'll leave it to others to dissect how we should understand last night's electoral resul...