US Military

Civilian and military elites, as well as the general public, have work to do to combat politicization of the all-volunteer force and help it survive another 50 years.

The Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare seeks to lay out the complex and at times overlapping legal frameworks around war at sea. Its aim is to prepare for and deter war…

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.

Section 502B(c) is a potent tool to accelerate congressional oversight of support to countries with concerning human rights records. 

Tensions between Iran and the United States are escalating again following tit-for-tat hostilities in Syria.

They forcibly removed the entire indigenous Chagossian people from the island, and a Navy planner involved later expressed deep regret.

The U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 brought about a painful and gradual transition from dictatorship to deeply flawed parliamentary democracy. This story is now…

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…

Lieber’s Code reflected and reproduced a virulent thread in the law of nations that preceded him by centuries and continues today.

How the country's vibrant civic organizations came to the rescue in war, and how the international community can help them.

Increased transparency is needed to ensure the United States makes a definitive turn away from endless war.

The NDAA did little to address the civilian harm, corruption, and weapons diversion linked to U.S. security assistance and cooperation.