Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF)

Section 1202 of the NDAA is an overbroad authority that risks widening the aperture for U.S. forces to engage in and direct combat in unauthorized, foreign wars.

The 2022 report illustrates the limits of congressionally mandated reporting requirements on matters of war and peace and the need for Congress to be more proactive in informing…

One big disappointing omission and otherwise a mixed bag from the standpoint of winding down the United States’ forever wars -- despite leaders of both parties having proclaimed…

With security cooperation as a means of pursuing U.S. military objectives becoming more frequent, Department of Defense-led security cooperation, particularly under §§ 333, 127e,…

With the threat of terrorism receding, the Biden administration should seize the moment and illuminate a path back to peace.

Biden's classified policy memorandum on counterterrorism drone strikes is just one more stepping stone in the long path of the forever war.

Biden's new counterterrorism framework is consistent with policy efforts to dial back the war on terror.

The Biden administration's latest war powers report to Congress and letter to the UN Security Council raise questions about the domestic and international legal basis for hostilities…

A note from co-editors-in-chief Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman: Although Just Security is on hiatus this week, we wanted to be sure to examine and reflect on the U.S. airstrike…

Congress and the Biden administration should support inclusion of a reauthorization requirement in any new authorization for use of military force.

The capture raises a host of issues on detention and prosecution of terrorists in areas where the US does not have a large ground presence.

Better yet, here's also the information that the witnesses themselves should proactively convey to the American public and Congress.