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News Roundup and Notes: February 18, 2015
IRAQ and SYRIA Scores have been killed during fighting in and around Aleppo. At least 70 pro-government fighters and over 80 insurgents have been killed following the launch of…
Europe’s Newest Attempts at Anti-Terror Regulation Could Shake the Foundations of the EU
A British border force boat on patrol. Credit: Vicky Brock via Wikimedia Commons. In the aftermath of the Copenhagen shootings this weekend, the results of a summit of 28…
The Fine Line Between Collective Self-Defense and Intervention by Invitation: Reflections on the Use of Force against ‘IS’ in Syria
Bashar and Asma al-Assad. Image credit: Ricardo Stuckert/ABr via Wikimedia Commons. [Editor’s Note from Ryan Goodman: With the U.S. Congress turning its attention to an…
News Roundup and Notes: February 17, 2015
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. IRAQ and SYRIA Iraqi Prime…
Presidents’ Day Schedule for Just Security
Just Security will be on an abbreviated schedule for Presidents’ Day today with a lower volume of posts than normal and no Early Edition or News Roundup. If any major,…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Feb 7-13)
I. Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) Against the Islamic State Steve Vladeck, Letter to President Obama on 2001 AUMF Sunset (Tuesday, Feb. 10) Just Security, White…
Sens. Cardin and Murphy Offer Up Bill to Sunset 2001 AUMF
Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced legislation today to sunset the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) against al-Qaeda. This comes…
Guest Post: US Intelligence Reforms Still Allow Plenty of Suspicionless Spying on Americans
Last week, the Obama Administration released a report and documents cataloging progress toward signals intelligence (SIGINT) reform goals set a year ago by the President in a document…
What do Public Opinion Polls on President’s AUMF Proposal Really Say?
It is important to read beneath the headlines and initial interpretations of a new NBC News/Marist poll that surveys public opinion on President Obama’s proposal for a congressional…
News Roundup and Notes: February 13, 2015
IRAQ and SYRIA US airstrikes have reportedly killed at least 20 Islamic State fighters in Syria on the Iraq border. [Reuters’ Tom Perry] Shiite militias in Iraq represent “the…
Obama’s Forever War Starts Now
Ed Note. This piece also appears in Foreign Policy. When President Barack Obama announced the start of a U.S.-led bombing campaign in Iraq against the Islamic State on Aug. 7,…
Key Questions for Today’s Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing With Nicholas Rasmussen
Sen Richard Burr (R-NC), the new chair of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, has announced that he plans to hold a public committee hearing this afternoon. This is welcome…