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Australia’s Draconian Response to the Security Council’s Resolution on Foreign Terrorist Fighters

On September 24, the UN Security Council passed a resolution that, among other things, ordered member States to curb the flow of foreign nationals who travel to the Middle East…
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The Wrong (and Right) Lessons Re: Congressional Inaction on ISIL

Editors’ Note: The following post is the fifth installment of a new feature, “Monday Reflections,” in which a different Just Security editor will take an…
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Assessing the Claim that ISIL is a Successor to Al Qaeda—Part 2 (Organizational Goals)

The key question we are asking in this (two-part) series of posts is whether Congress’ 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) applies to ISIL. More precisely, we…
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The jurisdictional issue delaying the al-Nashiri military commission: Saudi defendant + French ship + Malaysian shipper + Iranian oil + Bulgarian casualty = trial in a U.S. military commission?

A couple of weeks ago, the Chief Prosecutor in the Office of Military Commissions filed an appeal to the Court of Military Commission Review from an order by the trial judge dismissing…
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Sustaining the War Effort: Targeting Islamic State Oil Facilities

Much of the legal analysis about the United States and its coalition partners’ airstrikes in Syria to date has concentrated on whether such strikes are lawful. The commencement…
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Here’s the New U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Security Agreement

After much confusion over which was the final security agreement (news organizations citing it had linked to a November 2013 “predecisional” version) I’ve just…
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Constitutional “Cross-Ruffing”: My New Article

About a year ago, I wrote about the Second Circuit’s decision in the Ghailani case, in which, among other things, the Court of Appeals rejected a former Guantánamo detainee’s…
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Assessing the Claim that ISIL is a Successor to Al Qaeda—Part 1 (Organizational Structure)

The administration’s position that ISIL is a successor of al-Qaeda deserves serious consideration. We do so in this post, and show some serious flaws in this position. What hangs…
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Security Agreement With Afghanistan Raises Key Questions About How and When War Ends

Today, the United States and Afghanistan signed a long-awaited bilateral security agreement. The U.S. government promised to withdraw combat troops by December, and to leave nearly…
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War: What is it good for? 20 ISIL Questions for Congress

We still don’t know if Congress will even vote on providing new and specific authorization for a military campaign in Iraq and Syria. Thankfully, responsible members of Congress…
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British Parliament Authorizes Airstrikes in Iraq; Debate Predictably Weighs in on Action in Syria

On Friday, the British House of Commons overwhelmingly voted (524-43) to approve the U.K.’s participation in airstrikes against ISIL targets in Iraq. The success of the vote…
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The Foreign Fighter Resolution: Implementing a Holistic Strategy to Defeat ISIL

United Nations Security Council Resolution 2178, adopted on September 24 after a debate involving dozens of world leaders, including United States President Barack Obama, is legally…
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