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National Security at the United Nations This Week
UNGA gets underway amid climate protests, Iran-U.S. tensions, the conspicuous absences of Xi and Putin, and domestic political trouble for President Trump.
The Yemen Project: Open Source Investigations and the Law of War
An unprecedented open source investigation aids the legal analysis of allegedly unlawful strikes by the Saudi-led coalition, but also has limits in reaching legal conclusions under…
Yemen Group of Experts’ Report Highlights Need to Halt Arms Sales
The UN Group of Experts’ report on Yemen shows that the U.S (and its allies) have helped create a humanitarian disaster in Yemen and have a duty to help end it, starting by immediately…
Saudi Oil Attacks Raise Questions About Nature of Yemen Conflict and Legitimate Military Targets
Do the attacks against Saudi oil facilities change the current classification of the conflict in Yemen? Are oil facilities targetable under IHL?
The UN Yemen Report and Siege Warfare
Following the UN Human Rights Council report on Yemen, experts provide detailed analysis of how international humanitarian law rules on starvation, proportionality, and precautions…
National Security at the United Nations This Week
A UN report finds potential complicity in Yemen war crimes by the US, France, & Britain; the IAEA reports further crumbling of the Iran Nuclear Deal; the UN warns of a risk of…
Yemen: Where Coalitions Come to Die
Yemen is the cemetery of invaders, or so the ancient proverb goes, and today it is certainly the burial ground of foreign military coalitions.
The Missing State Department Memo on US Officials’ Possible Aiding and Abetting Saudi War Crimes
Today the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to consider dueling bills on Saudi Arabia. A bill sponsored by Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), would block arms sales to the…
U.K. Court Nixes Saudi Arms Sales–What it Means for the US and Other EU Countries
The court ruled, in essence, that in making decisions on arms sales, the U.K. government could no longer ignore uncomfortable facts. The result also could provide guidance to other…
An “Emergency” Arms Deal: Will Congress Acquiesce in Another Blow to Its Authority?
If Congress can’t stand up to protect its own prerogatives on arms sales, then its chances of being heard on anything else will be permanently diminished.
Bolton’s Stated Predicate for War With Iran Doesn’t Work
"Bolton has repeatedly threatened that Iran’s support for its 'proxies' could bring 'a very strong response'—even military force. By threatening military action against Iran…
Intelligence, Ethics and Bureaucracy: The Duty to Warn Jamal Khashoggi
The Knight First Amendment Institute and the Committee to Protect Journalists have obtained "Duty to Warn" documents that shed new light on what a U.S. intelligence officer would…