I. Civilian-Military Relations
- Pauline Shanks Kaurin, Just Another Mattis Pep Talk?: How “Hold the Line” speaks to civilian and military audiences (Tuesday, August 29)
II. The Expansion of Presidential Power
- Louis Fisher, Fisher on the Supreme Court’s Expansion of Presidential Power (Wednesday, August 30)
III. Charlottesville, Civil Discourse, and the Legacy of Racism
- Chris Jenks, The Tangled History of Confederate Generals at West Point and in the US Army: What’s in a Name? (Monday, August 28)
- David Kaye, President Trump’s Hostility to the News Media: Reckless driving or premeditated assault? (Friday, Sept. 1)
IV. The State Department
- Beth Van Schaack, Key U.S. Foreign Policy Positions—including Ambassador for War Crimes—Saved from Getting Axed (Tuesday, August 29)
V. Special Operation Forces
- Luke Hartig, We Shouldn’t Forget the Lessons of Black Hawk Down: Part I (Tuesday, August 29)
- Luke Hartig, The Unstable Status Quo: The Trump Administration’s Approach to Special Operations (Thursday, August 31)
- Luke Hartig, Preventing the Next Black Hawk Down (Friday, Sept. 1)
VI. Trump-Russia Investigation
- Maj. Gen. (ret.) Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., A Baker’s Dozen of Additional Questions for the Russia Investigation (Wednesday, August 30)
- Just Security, A Round-Up of Just Security’s Obstruction of Justice Coverage (Friday, Sept. 1)
VII. Transgender Ban
- Scott Skinner-Thompson, Animus, Not Readiness: Trump & Mattis Move Full Steam Ahead on Unconstitutional Trans Military Ban (Friday, Sept. 1)
VIII. Police Militarization
- Mark Nevitt, Why Are We Giving U.S. Police Departments Bayonets? (Thursday, August 31)
IX. International Criminal Court: Israel – Palestine
- Beth Van Schaack and Michael Woolslayer, An Update of the Israel-Palestine-International Criminal Court Timeline (Monday, August 28)
X. Guantanamo
- Amanda McAllister, Proposed 2019 Start Date for 9/11 Trial Faces Skepticism from Gitmo Judge (Tuesday, August 29)
XI. Hurricane Harvey
- Just Security, How You Can Help Hurricane Harvey Victims (Tuesday, August 29)
XII. The National Security Law Podcast
- Steve Vladeck, Episode 33 of the National Security Law Podcast (Wednesday, August 30)
XIII. Norms Watch
- Hannah Ryan, Norms Watch: Democracy, the Trump Administration, and Reactions to It (Aug 25-Sept. 1) (Friday, Sept. 1)