Armed Conflict

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By Weakening Arms Export Controls, Trump’s National Security Strategy Will Create National and Global Insecurity

Saudi Special Forces attend a military show January 15, 2005 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. (Abid Katib/Getty Images) The Trump Administration’s newly launched National Security Strategy…
The front of the International Criminal Court building.

Crime of Aggression Activated at the ICC: Does it Matter?

The International Criminal Court’s Assembly of States Parties agreed late last week that the ICC can now prosecute crimes of aggression, making it the fourth crime (after war…

U.S. “Confronting” Iran inside Syria: Spoiling for an Unlawful Fight?

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meet during the BRICS/SCO Summits – Russia 2015 on July 09, 2015 in Ufa, Russia. (Photo by Alexey Filippov/Host…
Fatou Bensouda, Deputy Prosecutor, International Criminal Court at The Louise Blouin Foundation Presents The Fifth Annual Blouin Creative Leadership Summit - Day 1 at the Metropolitan Club on September 19, 2011 in New York City.

No Winners: How the Int’l Criminal Court Should Avoid Confronting the United States

ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda presents at the Fifth Annual Blouin Creative Leadership Summit in New York in 2011. (Credit: Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The Louise Blouin Foundation)…

USG Statement on Int’l Criminal Court Probe into Alleged U.S. War Crimes is Missing Some Things

As states gathered earlier this month to kick off the 16th Session of the Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court, ICC watchers wondered what to expect from…

The Problem With Western Suggestions of a “Shoot-to-Kill” Policy Against Foreign Fighters

An Iraqi policeman fires a machine gun at ISIS fighters in Mosul, Iraq. Image: Carl Court/Getty As ISIS’ self-proclaimed caliphate disintegrates in Iraq and Syria, Western governments…

How to Fix the US Military’s Broken Targeting System

The recent groundbreaking investigation by the New York Times into civilian casualties in Iraq uncovered a shocking truth for the many Americans who believe the United States is…

“Congressional Authorizations on Use of Force,” by Defense Dep’t Principal Deputy General Counsel William Castle (Full Text)

On Monday evening, William S. Castle, the Pentagon’s top lawyer, gave a speech entitled, “Congressional Authorizations on Use of Force?,” at the New York City Bar Association.…
Erik Prince, chairman of the Prince Group, LLC and Blackwater USA, holds up a picture showing the damage inflicted by a car bomb while testifying during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill October 2, 2007 in Washington DC.

Thoughts on Erik Prince’s Proposal to Privatize Intelligence Gathering

This week we learned, via the Intercept, of Erik Prince’s proposal to provide the Trump Administration with a private intelligence outfit.  According to the Intercept, “The…

Is the ICC Making a Difference?

Global criminal justice is hardly an abstract concept. Just ask Radko Mladic, who was just found guilty of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity by the International…

Trump’s Opportunity to Keep Up with Obama on Use of Force Transparency

One year ago, today, the Obama administration released a 66-page report detailing the legal and policy framework governing the use of military force and related national security…
A U.S. Special Forces tactical vehicle watches over detainees during a night mission conducted jointly with the Afghan National Army in Shahak village March 29, 2004 in southeast Afghanistan.

The ICC’s Afghanistan Investigation: What’s at Stake for the U.S.?

The United States faces a tough predicament: How best to navigate the recent decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor to seek to commence an investigation…
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