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Moving Toward Blanket Immunity: Israeli Supreme Court Blocks Gaza Tort Cases
A new Israeli Supreme Court judgment applies a 2012 amendment to civil tort immunity legislation to effectively block tort claims arising from incidents in Gaza. -
Limits in the Seas No. 150 and the U.S.’s Misinterpretation of ‘Historic Rights’
Past and present law of the sea jurisprudence suggests that the State Department’s most recent analysis of South China Sea entitlements is legally flawed. -
The United States Learned From Iraq and Afghanistan. Russia Didn’t.
The U.S. military would probably fare better in a conventional conflict like Russia's war in Ukraine, but not all the lessons it learned in the war on terror would serve it well. -
ICJ Asserts Jurisdiction in Myanmar Genocide Case
The long-awaited decision paves the way for the court to hear The Gambia's case alleging that Myanmar's actions against the Rohingya in 2017 violate the Genocide Convention. -
ChinaTalk: Elite Power Struggles in the CCP and USSR
Jordan co-hosts an episode with Lizzi in which they sit down with Joseph Torigian to discuss Torigian's recent book, “Prestige, Manipulation and Coercion, Elite Power Struggles in The Soviet Union and Ch... -
The President’s (and USTR’s) Trade Agreement Authority: From Fisheries to IPEF
Congress regulates commerce with foreign nations, and the president makes treaties. Who then, has the first and last word on treaties related to foreign commerce? -
The History of Countering Violent Extremism Tends to Repeat. It Shouldn’t.
Ambitious national CVE policies are trapped in a vicious circle that restarts after every major terrorist attack. -
ChinaTalk: Lessons from American Sovietology
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Supreme Court Embraces Broad Congressional War Powers in Torres
In Torres v. Texas Dep’t of Public Safety, the Court held that private suits against states are authorized under Congress’s war powers, carving out a new structural waiver exception to state sovereign im... -
Iraq in the Era of the Abraham Accords
As Biden heads to the Middle East, there are limits to the potential for diplomatic breakthroughs. -
ChinaTalk: How Abe Reshaped Japan
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The Lawfare Podcast: Aaron Friedberg on "Getting China Wrong"