International and Foreign

This latest set of sanctions is a promising development, particularly as the State Department signaled its intent to prioritize using the Global Magnitsky program to address forced…

A court case shows the complexity of weighing a constitutional guarantee against the obligation to protect the State in war.

Critics of open source AI must consider the security implications of strategic competition with China.

Using amnesties, trials, and “parole boards” for detainees in northeast Syria would be consistent with the requirements of international law.

Bolot Temirov on the personal cost of the country's repression of media and civil society, as democracy gives way to authoritarianism.

As torture victims from the Abu Ghraib prison return to U.S. federal court, Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Xenakis discusses need for accountability.

What does the proposal from Vanuatu, Fiji, and Samoa to add ecocide as a new international crime mean in practice?

A new protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights obligates governments to ensure the fundamental rights of older people.

Interpol's General Assembly will formally elect a new operational head from Brazil amid growing political and legal challenges.

U.S. Congress should support the Transnational Repression Reporting Act to make clear that cross-border authoritarian repression will not be tolerated in the United States.

If the Pall Mall Process is to remain relevant, then France and the U.K. must become advocates for national and global regulation on spyware.

The current round of retaliatory strikes between Israel and Iran casts light on Israel's and Iran’s opposing political strategies, which also have significant legal implications…