I. Foreign Policy
- Michael Posner, Tillerson’s Degradation of Human Rights Mustn’t–and Can’t Yet–be Executive Branch Policy (Monday, May 22)
- Sydney Blumenthal, What Lincoln Thought of “America First” (Monday, May 22)
II. Trump and Russia
- Morton Halperin, Trump’s Disclosure Did Not Break the Law (Tuesday, May 23)
- Alex Whiting, The Drip, Drip of Obstruction News (Tuesday, May 23)
- Alex Whiting, Can Flynn Assert a Fifth Amendment Privilege to Withhold Documents? (Wednesday, May 24)
- John Reed, Russia and a Divided United States: What Comes After Trump? (Thursday, May 25)
III. Israel – Palestine and Middle East Peace Process
- David Goodstone, A Proposal for Space, Not Time, to Negotiate Peace in the Middle East (Tuesday, May 23)
IV. Saudi Arms Deal and Yemen War
- Ryan Goodman, Jared Kushner, the Arms Deal, and Alleged Saudi War Crimes (Saturday, May 20)
V. Countering Violent Extremism
- Luke Hartig, Glowing Orbs and Glimmers of Hope: Trump’s baby steps to countering violent extremism (Friday, May 26)
VI. Norms Watch
- Kate Brannen, Norms Watch: Democracy, the Trump Administration, and Reactions to It (May 19-26) (Friday, May 26)
VII. The Minnesota Protocol and Investigations of Civilian Casualties
- Christof Heyns, Restating the Law on the Investigation of Potentially Unlawful Death: The 2016 Minnesota Protocol
(Wednesday, May 24) - Lt. Col. (ret.) Jay Morse, Protecting Civilians through Wartime Investigations: Applying the 2016 Minnesota Protocol When it Matters Most (Thursday, May 25)
VIII. Immigration Policy and Trump’s Voter Fraud Committee
- Cecilia Wang, Politicians Keep Buying Kris Kobach’s Ideas Despite Track Record of Failure
(Monday, May 22)
IX. Information Wars, Cross-Border Data Access, and Surveillance Reform
- Steve Vladeck, Fourth Circuit Holds Wikimedia Has Standing to Challenge Upstream Surveillance (Tuesday, May 23)
- Jennifer Daskal, Preview: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing (5/24) on Cross-Border Access to Data (Tuesday, May 23)
- Steve Vladeck, Three Reasons Why You Should Care About the Fourth Circuit’s Wikimedia Ruling (Thursday, May 25)
- John Reed, Q & A With Citizen Lab on “Tainted Leaks” and Russia’s Disinformation Campaign (Friday, May 25)
X. Congressional Authorization of Force against ISIS
- Ryan Goodman, Important Features of Senators Kaine and Flake’s Proposed War Authorization for ISIS–with Annotations (Thursday, May 25)
