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NYPD Counterterror Investigations
The NYPD counter-radicalization strategy is an example of the often-inconsistent approaches of various federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to combating radicalization.
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Suing Corporations under the Alien Tort Statute
By Elspeth Hansen - The United States Supreme Court has indicated that it will question, and possibly restrict, the use of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, to bring lawsuits for violations of the law of nations that take place outside the sovereign territory of the United States. The statute, first passed in 1789, provides that: “The [...]
Israel’s “Iron Dome” Missile Defense System Triumphs Over Terror and Permits Greater Focus on Iran
By Lee Hiromoto - The recent escalation between Israel and Palestinian militants has showcased the effectiveness of the Iron Dome system, which displayed an impressive intercept rate of nearly 80% during the weekend of March 9-12, 2012. This display of technological prowess offers the one million Israelis who live within firing range of the Gaza Strip a measure of security [...]
Jerusalem, Passports, and the President’s Control of American Foreign Policy
By Morgan Cohen - The status of Jerusalem is one of the most hotly contested issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Just last week, at a conference in Qatar, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of “trying to erase the Arab, Muslim, and Christian nature” of the city as part of a broader campaign to “Judaize Jerusalem and position it [...]
On-Shoring the Production of Rare Earth Metals
By David Husband - In September 2010, a Chinese fishing trawler collided with a Japanese coast guard vessel near the uninhabited Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, nominally controlled by Japan, but also claimed by China and Taiwan. After Japanese coast guard members arrested the captain, China halted the shipment of rare earths to Japan in apparent retaliation. This crisis in the East China [...]
State Department Assuming Military Duties in Post-Withdrawal Iraq
By Morgan Cohen - Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld once famously quipped, “You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want.” On December 31, 2011, what remained of the army we had in Iraq – some 33,000 troops – withdrew, providing a bookend of sorts to America’s near decade-long occupation. But while the [...]
Super Committee Failure Poses Threat to National Security
By Roderick Miller - The bipartisan congressional “super committee” officially failed in its task of negotiating $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction measures, emerging from months of deliberations with no deal in hand as of the deadline. As specified in the legislation that created the super committee, the committee’s failure to reach an agreement will trigger $1.2 trillion in automatic budget [...]
The Targeted Killing of Al-Awlaki
By David Husband - Recently, there has been a tremendous uproar over the targeted killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, a suspected al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen. Glen Greenwald, criticizing the Obama administration, claims, “The Executive Branch decided it has the authority to target U.S. citizens for death without due process, but told nobody (until it was leaked) and refuses to identify the [...]
A Revamped U.S. Export Control System for the 21st Century
By Manik Suri - While the United States has built one of the most sophisticated export control regimes in the world, the regime’s Cold War era architecture is outdated and must be transformed to reflect today’s realities and meet tomorrow’s challenges. In August 2009, President Obama directed the National Security Council and National Economic Council to coordinate an interagency review [...]
The Dangers of a Premature Palestinian State
By Lee Hiromoto - Contrary to the pessimism of some, the Arab-Israeli peace process has come quite far since Israel won its independence in 1948. In 1967, the Arab League declared in the Khartoum Resolution that there would be “no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, [and] no negotiations with it.” The Palestinian National Charter of 1968 set out [...]
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