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What Do Top Legal Experts Say About the Syria Strikes?

I asked several of the very top legal minds about their views concerning Thursday night’s airstrikes by the United States in response to the Syrian government’s reported…
Apr. 7, 2017

Not Illegal: But Now The Hard Part Begins

I am no fan of the Trump Administration, which in its short life has attempted many illegal acts. But neither do I automatically conclude that everything it does is illegal, as…
Apr. 7, 2017
Flag of Syria with the chemical weapons sign.

Humanitarian Military Options for Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack: “Illegal but Not Unprecedented”

Without Security Council authorization, any U.S. military force to respond to Assad’s chemical weapons attack would be a violation of international law, but … Policymakers…
Apr. 6, 2017

Questions Raised by Syria’s Chemical Weapons Attack

Details are still emerging about Tuesday’s chemical weapons attack in Khan Sheikhoun in northern Syria, but the US, France and Britain have already condemned the Syrian government…
Apr. 5, 2017

The Importance of Protecting Civilians—Through Law, Strategy, and Tactics

The spate of allegations of civilian deaths as a result of US operations in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen over the last few weeks has garnered significant interest from humanitarian groups…
Apr. 4, 2017

ISIS Tactic of “Baiting” US-Coalition to Kill Civilians–and who bears responsibility

Many are searching for an explanation for the recent spike in civilian casualties resulting from coalition operations in Iraq and Syria, including specific incidents which have…
Mar. 31, 2017

Shaky Legal Grounds: Syria Demands US Assault on Raqqa Must Work with Assad’s Forces

On Friday, Syria’s Ambassador to the United Nations stated that a U.S.-backed assault on ISIL’s capital city of Raqqa would be illegitimate unless militarily coordinated…
Mar. 28, 2017

What Explains the Rise in Civilian Casualties in US Military Ops–Iraq, Syria and Elsewhere

Last Friday, several news outlets reported that perhaps as many as 200 civilians had been killed in a recent U.S. airstrike in Mosul in northern Iraq, where the U.S. is participating…
Mar. 27, 2017

Did U.S. Provide Helicopter Used in Attack of Somali Refugees in Yemen?

Earlier this month, a dramatic event occurred in the war in Yemen that could even shock those numbed by the continued pace of civilian casualties. A military craft and helicopter…
Mar. 24, 2017 and

The UN Goes to War in the Central African Republic: What are the Limits of Peacekeeping?

The UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR), known by its French acronym MINUSCA, reported last month that on February 26 it “had intervened” militarily…
Mar. 23, 2017

Ukraine Update: the ICJ Proceedings & Options for Justice in the United States

With the Congressional hearings on Russia dominating the news, this post provides an update on proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the matter of Ukraine…
Mar. 21, 2017

The Deconstruction of America’s Global Leadership

Stephen Bannon, President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, has made it clear that the Trump administration wants to see the “deconstruction of the administrative state.”…
Mar. 17, 2017
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