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Proportionality in Self-Defense: A Brief Reply

A response to an article published on how military campaigns can never be rendered disproportionate by the total harm inflicted on civilians.
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Experts React: Unpacking the Biden Administration’s New Efforts on AI

Top experts reflect on what the Biden administration's new executive order means for the future of AI and efforts to regulate it.

The Problem of Proportionality: A Response to Adil Haque

Whether the magnitude of State responses to terror is ethical and wise goes beyond determinations of legal compliance.
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DOJ Will Use Trump’s Continued Embrace of Jan. 6 Rioters to Prove Its Case

Former President Donald Trump's statements can show he had the requisite criminal intent in the actions he took to overturn an election.
People search through buildings, destroyed during Israeli air raids

In Gaza, Catastrophic Violence of War and Slow Violence of Oppression Collide

The excesses of atrocity should not distract from the quieter, quotidian violence that started long before the 2023 Israel-Hamas War.
US President Joe Biden (L) listens to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Law and Policy Guide to US Arms Transfers to Israel

A guide to the humanitarian law conditions on U.S. arms sales and security assistance to Israel.
Members of the United Nations Security Council listen to Palestinian Permanent Observer Riyad H. Mansour speak.

Enough: Self-Defense and Proportionality in the Israel-Hamas Conflict

The right of self-defense does not permit a disproportionate loss of civilian life, writes Professor Adil Haque in this essay on what U.N. Member States can say.
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Rethinking Counterterrorism

The failure of past counterterrorism policies and practice has led to unending cycles of violence.
A picture shows the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the northeastern Hasakeh governorate. Children are pressed against a chain link fence during a security operation by the Kurdish Asayish security forces and the special forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces, on August 26, 2022. (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Extended Detention Compounds Trauma for Thousands of Child Victims of Terrorism in Syria Camps

Countries must accelerate repatriation of their citizens, but governments need assistance to enhance their support systems for families.
President Biden and Vice President Harris speak at a podium in front of a sign titled "Artificial Intelligence"

Biden’s Executive Order on AI Gives Sweeping Mandate to DHS

The Biden administration's new executive order gives the DHS a wide-ranging portfolio of responsibilities related to artificial intelligence.
Smoke rising during Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip

Unpacking Key Assumptions Underlying Legal Analyses of the 2023 Hamas-Israel War

"Conversations of this nature are useless if their participants fail to acknowledge their differences of opinion about underlying assumptions."
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White Supremacist Conspiracy Theory Is Fueling Extreme Border Policy in Texas

A new Texas bill would give state and local police the power to unilaterally remove people they believe to be undocumented from the U.S.
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