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The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, September 19th at 4pm: Arthur T. Downey will lecture on his recent book, The Cold War: Law, Lawyers, Spies and Crises in an event at the... -
The Islamic State's "Homo Jihadus"
Editor's Note: It's hard to know what aspect of the Islamic State is most disturbing, but high on the list is the use of children as suicide bombers and executioners. Jacob Olidort of the Washington Inst... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Timothy Edgar explained the nuanced reasons why he has publicly voiced support for Edward Snowden’s campaign for a public pardon. Jack Goldsmith responded decisively both by predicting that President Oba... -
On National Security Law Scholarship: A Reply to Huq's Critique
On Tuesday, our friend and colleague Aziz Huq posted to ACSblog a fairly critical assessment of national security law scholarship—and, indeed, national security law as an academic discipline, writ large. -
Livestream of "The National Security Division at 10: Past, Present, and Future"
A major event celebrating ten years of the Justice Department's National Security Division is taking place at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Here's the livestream: Here's how CSI... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Monday, September 12th at 2:30pm: The Brookings Institution will host a discussion featuring Shirley Lin on her new book, Taiwan's China Dilemma... -
Tamil Political Prisoners in Sri Lanka: A Road to Nowhere?
Editor's Note: Sri Lanka represents that rare turnaround in counterinsurgency, where a beleaguered government fighting one of the world’s most formidable insurgencies—the Tamil Tigers—gained momentum and... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Benjamin Wittes reminded readers that Friday marked the last day of our birthday fundraising drive and requested that everyone chip up to ensure we can continue providing and improving our coverage. -
Rebecca Hamilton on the State's Role in Enabling International Crimes
Rebecca Hamilton (who, I’m pleased to say, has just joined my faculty, Washington College of Law, American University, in areas of international law and national security) has an article on international... -
Sokolow v. PLO : Another Blow Against Recovery for Foreign Wrongs
Last week, the courts once again restricted the ability of terrorism victims to collect compensation, this time on grounds of personal jurisdiction. Recap -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) Tuesday, September 6th at 4pm: At the Atlantic Council, William Glass, Robert A. Manning, and Denise E. Zheng will participate in a conversation... -
Adam Pearlman on the Guantanamo Quagmire
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