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Explainer: Rosenstein’s Potential Departure and What Comes Next for Russia and Hush Money Investigation
Who will supervise the Russia and Hush Money investigations after Rod Rosenstein?

Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (September 15-21)
Guest authors include: Alex Finley, Larry Lewis, Alex Moorehead, Aryeh Neier, Norman Roule, Cale Salih, John Sipher, Fred Wertheimer and more.

Post-9/11 Generation Reaches Enlistment Age in Unmoored ‘War on Terror’
Human Rights First International Legal Counsel Rita Siemion says it's long past time to ensure that war-based authorities are used only when specifically authorized by Congress…

Sessions’ Recusal and Rosenstein’s Appointment of a Special Counsel—Both Were Legally Required
President Donald Trump made 5,001 false or misleading claims, as of Sept. 12, 2018, according to a running tally kept by the Washington Post. This included an astonishing 79 such…

Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (September 8-14)
We covered a lot of issues this week thanks to our excellent guest authors including Linda Bishai, Jen Easterly, Rear Admiral John D. Hutson, Doug Letter, Ambassador David Scheffer,…

Executive Privilege and the Public Interest: Why the President Can’t Block Release of the Mueller Report
For more than a year, President Donald Trump’s lawyers have bragged about his “unprecedented” level of cooperation with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation,…

It’s a Start – Why the Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration Matter
Both documents contain significant weaknesses. But they emerge at a time of urgency and provide a route for the crucial discussions that will still be needed going forward, because…

Trump Declassifying Page, Ohr Records Will Have Broader Effects
President Donald Trump plans to declassify documents as early as this week about the FBI’s surveillance of campaign advisor Carter Page pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance…

Ambass. David Scheffer on John Bolton’s Announcement of “Ugly and Dangerous” Punitive Actions against Judges, Prosecutors of Int’l Criminal Court
"The punishments called for in the Bolton speech are ugly and dangerous."

Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (September 1-7)
Supreme Court Nomination Bob Bauer and Ryan Goodman, Judge Kavanaugh’s Testimony on His Constitutional View of Presidential Immunity is Misleading-and It Also Clinches the…

International Criminal Law Roundup: Part II
This is Part II of an international criminal law roundup focused on the ad hoc international and hybrid tribunals. Part I was dedicated to developments at the ICC. Part III will…

International Criminal Law Roundup Series: Part I
[UPDATED] To turn our lens to international criminal law for a moment, I recently attended the annual International Humanitarian Law Dialogs in Chautauqua, New York. This year’s…