Ronak D. Desai: The impact of the sanctions-and whether they will ultimately force Tehran to abandon its nuclear weapons program-remains to be seen.

Should the U.S. & NATO accelerate the withdrawal from Afghanistan or “stay the course?”

By Manik V. Suri

LT Elan R. Ghazal and Manik V. Suri explore the growing civilian integration in the U.S. armed forces

As three Uighurs remain in Guantanamo, Daniel J. Feith finds that the D.C. Circuit ruling that kept them there is surprisingly consistent with Boumediene.

From Obama the peacemaker and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize to fearsome warrior ruthlessly killing terrorists

In June 2006, a plurality of the Supreme Court in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld determined that the Government failed to make a colorable case for the inclusion of conspiracy among those offenses cognizable by law-of-war military commission. The plurality’s reasoning was largely based on its survey of domestic law sources and precedents. That survey, however, was inaccurate and incomplete.

On April 6, the National Security Journal hosted its 2012 symposium: The Law and Policy of Covert Operations: Current & Future Challenges. Dana Priest of the Washington Post gave the keynote address at the symposium. A video of her keynote address is available here.

By Colonel Mark W. Holzer * — Click here to read the full text as a PDF Abstract The term “lawfare” has become part of the lexicon of the current global conflict and although it is defined in various ways, it is essentially a way to describe legal activities within the context of armed conflict. To date, the term has […]

Ben White: 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.