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A man leans out of a pickup truck-like vehicle next to a stop sign. He is speaking with a guard wearing a long jacket over fatigues and tan boots, against a desert-like backdrop.

France’s New Western Sahara Position Marks a Turning Point in North Africa — But for Better or Worse?

It may aid stability as US and European support tips toward Morocco. But it has provoked Algeria, which is eyeing Russia and China.
A sign with a dark blue background and white letters that reads "International Criminal Court" is seen with the building in the background.

The ICC’s Use of Evidence Obtained by Torture Sets a Dangerous Precedent

The Court’s recent conviction of Al Hassan undermines the connective tissue binding criminal law to human rights standards.
Employees work at the Tunisian Sergaz company, which controls the Tunisian segment of the Trans-Mediterranean (Transmed) pipeline, through which natural gas flows from Algeria to Italy, in El-Haouaria, some 100km east of the capital Tunis, on April 14, 2022. (Photo by FETHI BELAID/AFP via Getty Images)

Global Ambitions and Tunisia’s Crisis Could Spur Algeria to Rethink Its Non-Intervention Policy

The US and Europe, working with multilateral institutions, could help the two countries capitalize on mutual economic and security interests.
Protesters calling for a civilian government held large protests in Khartoum to commemorate those who were killed June 30, 2019 in Khartoum, Sudan.

Will COVID-19 Create a Human Rights Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa?

Emergency powers imposed to stop the spread of COVID-19 jeopardize free speech and other fundamental rights-- and they may linger long after the threat to public health recedes.
An Afghan National Army officer, right, informs his U.S. Army counterparts from the 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, left and center, about ANA troop movements May 6, 2013 while pursuing Taliban fighters in Babus, Afghanistan.

Part III: The Muddy Middle: A New Framework for Use of Force

We may not have wanted to land in this muddy middle between peace and war that we currently find ourselves in, but this is the reality of the current moment in the counterterrorism…
A picture taken near the Iraqi city of Qaim at the Iraqi-Syrian border on November 11, 2018, shows US Army vehicles patrolling the Syrian side of the border.

Part II: The Muddy Middle: Challenges of Applying Use of Force Policy Guidance in Practice

In part two of a three-part series, the authors explain how new operational models for both why and how the U.S. used force outside areas of active hostilities created tensions…
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The Significance of the ICC’s First Guilty Plea

Yesterday Al Faqi Al Mahdi of Mali pled guilty at the International Criminal Court (ICC) to one count of directing an attack against buildings dedicated to religion and historic…
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The First Case for the ICC Prosecutor: Attacks on Cultural Heritage

Over the weekend, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, announced an arrest in the Mali situation, charging Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi with the…
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AUMF, “Associated Forces,” and Slippery Slopes: Two More Data Points

I recently examined, in an essay at Foreign Policy, the unusually expansive definition of associated forces and successor entities in the President’s proposed authorization to…
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Forced Transfer of Detainees with Diplomatic Assurances Against Ill-Treatment

Two recent developments have brought to the fore the issue of involuntary transfer of detainees to countries where they fear severe mistreatment such as torture or death. The first…
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