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Understanding 'The Loop': Autonomy, System Decision-Making, and the Next Generation of War Machines (Lawfare Research Paper Series)
Announcing the inaugural paper of the Lawfare Research Paper Series -
Announcing the Lawfare Research Paper Series
Lawfare is pleased to announce that it is beginning publication of occasional papers, under title of the Lawfare Research Paper Series. Papers published in this series are ones that the Lawfare editors ... -
Readings: Jennifer C. Daskal, The Geography of the Battlefield: A Framework for Detention and Targeting Outside the 'Hot' Conflict Zone
In the next few days, the Naval War College will be devoting a workshop to the topic of the legal geography of the battlefield. That includes the question of whether there is one, separate from where th... -
An Exciting Announcement
I'm stoked to announce an exciting change in Lawfare's staffing. Wells Bennett, who has long been a Contributor to the site, is becoming a Special Correspondent, having left his law firm to devote himsel... -
Audio of Federalist Society Teleforum on Targeted Killing of U.S. Citizens
Back in March (so, well before John Brennan's new remarks on the issue), my friend and colleague Mike Lewis from Ohio Northern and I participated in a "teleforum" debate for the Federalist Society on the... -
Readings: The Rise of Operational Law of Armed Conflict as an Academic Specialization
The predominance today of "international criminal law" within public international law has meant a corresponding demotion of other areas of PIL - the law of international organizations, for example. But... -
"Reexamining the Scope of Executive Power: A Debate" -- Tonight in NYC
For New York-area readers, the American Constitution Society and the Brennan Center for Justice are co-sponsoring an "intra-progressive" debate tonight at the Brennan Center, featuring Marty Flaherty fro... -
Federalist Society 2012 National Security Symposium
Earlier this month, the Federalist Society held a symposium on national security in Washington at the D.C. office of Jones Day. Video from the sessions is now available. Here is panel #1--on detention,... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Greg Miller at the Washington Post reports on the CIA's efforts to expand its drone campaign in Yemen. The agency requests that it be permitted to strike based solely on intelligence indicating suspiciou... -
What Should the Administration Say? The Canonical National Security Law Speeches of the Obama Administration Senior Officials and General Counsels
Several readers have made the good suggestion of creating a list of the "formal" or even (arguably, meaning in the opinion of the Readings Editor) "canonical" statements of the Obama administration regar... -
An Exciting Announcement
We are delighted to announce three important new voices joining Lawfare's cadre of senior contributors. -
"The Sudan Handbook," by John Ryle, Justin Willis, Suliman Baldo, and Jok Madut Jok, eds.
Published by James Currey (London UK 2011) Reviewed by Tom Porteous
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