Department of State

Legacy of Late State Department Human Rights Champion Tex Harris Reverberates Today

by Martin Edwin Andersen

Mar 3rd, 2020

The United States Finally Has a New War Crimes Ambassador

by Beth Van Schaack

Jan 10th, 2020

Why the Settlements are a Problem for Benjamin Netanyahu

by Victor Kattan

Dec 19th, 2019

Trump Ordered a Hold on Ukraine Military Assistance Earlier Than Reported

by Kate Brannen

Nov 26th, 2019

IG Falls Short of Justice in Investigating Political Retaliation at the State Department

by Luke Hartig

Nov 22nd, 2019

A Dozen Questions for Mike Pompeo

by Sidney Blumenthal

Oct 22nd, 2019

Know Your Rights: Conversations with Congress

by Irvin McCullough and Tom Devine

Oct 4th, 2019

Pompeo’s Letter Is the Trump Administration’s Opening Salvo of Obstruction

by Austin Evers

Oct 2nd, 2019

What’s the New Terror Financing Executive Order All About?

by Jason M. Blazakis

Sep 17th, 2019

Protections Fall for Vietnamese Immigrants as Trump Pushes Deportations

by Charles Dunst

Aug 29th, 2019

The Missing State Department Memo on US Officials’ Possible Aiding and Abetting Saudi War Crimes

by Oona A. Hathaway

Jul 24th, 2019

Trump’s “Unalienable Rights” Commission Likely to Promote Anti-Rights Agenda 

by Jayne Huckerby, Sarah Knuckey and Meg Satterthwaite

Jul 9th, 2019

Self-Defense in International Law: What Level of Evidence?

by Jasmin Johurun Nessa

Jul 8th, 2019

Marik String Appointment as State Department’s Top Lawyer Raises Questions

by John T. Nelson

Jun 13th, 2019

An “Emergency” Arms Deal: Will Congress Acquiesce in Another Blow to Its Authority?

by Diana Ohlbaum and Rachel Stohl

Jun 6th, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: Draft Charter of Pompeo’s “Commission on Unalienable Rights” Hides Anti-Human Rights Agenda

by Rebecca Hamilton

Jun 5th, 2019

Cooking the WMD Books: Politicizing the 2019 State Department Compliance Report

by Alexandra Bell

Jun 5th, 2019

10 Ways the U.S. Can Curb Interpol Abuses

by Ted R. Bromund

Dec 11th, 2018

Them’s Fightin’ Words? State Dept. Ramps Up Iran Rhetoric

by Brian Egan

Nov 28th, 2018

Annotation of Sec. Pompeo’s Certification of Yemen War: Civilian Casualties and Saudi-Led Coalition

by Ryan Goodman

Oct 15th, 2018

Why What’s Happening to the Rohingya Is Genocide

by Beth Van Schaack

Oct 1st, 2018

Why Trump’s Aid Cuts to Syria, Gaza and West Bank Heighten Risk to U.S.

by Andrew Miller and Seth Binder

Sep 5th, 2018

Human Trafficking’s Vicious Link to Anti-Immigration Action

by Brooke Ellison

Jul 18th, 2018

Letter to the Editor: Why Larger Defense Budgets Don’t Need to Come at the Expense of “Soft Power”

by Charles J. Dunlap, Jr.

Jun 13th, 2018