Rule of Law

Section 516 of the NDAA is a commonsense reform that would prevent a president from borrowing the National Guard of a political ally to use it as a domestic police force in an…

The Dobbs decision has broad national security implications, increasing the risk of political violence and damaging US standing in the world.

A civic leader says the coming referendum reflects the frustration of citizens who want a democratic system but need economic prosperity too.

A robust anti-coup strategy must place the same pressures on civilian collaborators that military coup leaders face.

Real accountability requires placing the events of January 6th in the context of ongoing efforts to perpetuate election disinformation.

Reviewing Boyd van Dijk, Preparing for War: The Making of the Geneva Conventions (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022).  Boyd van Dijk has written a superb political and legal…

His landslide re-election and Russia's war on Ukraine makes pushback on the region's autocratization harder -- and more needed -- than ever.

Iran’s missile program is a cause for international concern. Just last month, Iran launched a missile attack on Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdish region; in January 2020,…

Important essay by Nasir A. Andisha, career diplomat and was Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, and Hamid A. Formuli, was Human Rights Section Head of Afghanistan's Permanent…

"Neglecting past cases would be a grave mistake that could damage the credibility of an otherwise promising process."

Stronger tools are needed for regulators to identify the true owners of financial holdings.

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