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What Just Happened: New Tariffs on Products from Mexico, Canada, and China

In all likelihood, Mexico, Canada, and China will continue to negotiate arrangements with the United States to address Trump’s concerns such that the tariffs may be lifted or…
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Lifting Russia Sanctions – What Can a President Do Unilaterally?

Congress has imposed significant constraints on the president's ability to unilaterally lift sanctions imposed on Russia for its aggression in Ukraine in increasingly specific…

Do Not Destroy the Int’l Criminal Court for Pursuing Accountability in Gaza

Former State Department official discusses implications of potential political backlash against International Criminal Court for issuing arrest warrants in Israel - Hamas war.…
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Climate Security, Energy Security, and the Russia-Ukraine War

Shifting away from fossil fuels from Russia and other petrostrates "offers a rare geopolitical 'win-win'" on climate and energy security.
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Why Proposals for U.S. to Liquidate and Use Russian Central Bank Assets Are Legally Unavailable

The proposed action against Russia's Central Bank is most likely available under International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
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The Russia Sanctions – How They Work and What Congress Needs to Know

"Extraordinary deployments of executive power, however appropriate they may seem, must be subject to close oversight. And if an informed Congress concludes that sanctions are working…

Does the Law Matter?: Coup Edition

Attacks on democracy call for engagement with the law, not jaded dismissals of it.

2022 Update: Good Governance Paper No. 18: Reforming Emergency Powers

At one-year mark of Biden administration, top experts revisit proposals to restore and promote nonpartisan principles of good government.
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The Biden Administration’s Disappointing Sanctions Report: What Should Come Next

Last week, the Treasury Department released a long-awaited report setting forth the results of its “comprehensive review” of U.S. sanctions. To the dismay of sanctions reform…
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Sanctions Law Needs Reform, But How?

Determining how the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) can be improved while preserving its value as a flexible instrument of foreign policy is daunting.
The International Criminal Court's (ICC) chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, holds a press conference during her visit to look into allegations of extreme violence on May 3, 2018 in Kinshasa.

Congress Must Reform Sanctions Law to Avoid ICC Penalties from Happening Again

Reversing the sanctions the Trump administration placed on International Criminal Court leaders is not enough to prevent something like that from happening again.
International Red Cross and Red Crescent workers keep watch at an airport in the southern city of Aden, the interim seat of the Yemeni government, on October 16, 2020, as the war-torn country began swapping 1,000 prisoners in a complex operation overseen by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Fixing “Material Support” — Lessons from the Houthi Terror Designation

Reversing the Trump administration's disastrous designation was a good first step - but the US must address fundamental flaws in the material support statutes to ensure continued…
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