War on Terror

Introducing a new OUP book interrogating how precedents set in the post-9/11 era continue to shape contemporary conflicts.

President Biden should proclaim the conflict authorized by the 2002 resolution to be over and determine that it is no longer “necessary and appropriate” to use force for the…

Israel should embrace a more targeted counterterrorism strategy that complies with international law and facilitates greater security.

The US need to contend with China and Russia may obscure the accumulation of risk from many individual tradeoffs.

The failure of past counterterrorism policies and practice has led to unending cycles of violence.

The executive branch, through noncompliance and defiance, has delayed providing Congress with sufficient information on the war on terror.

Leading legal scholar Harold Hongju Koh presents a long-term strategy for ending the "war on terror."

Marking the 22nd anniversary of 9/11, our new Symposium reflects on the enduring legacies of the "war on terror" and prospects for finally leaving the war path.

On the 22nd anniversary of 9/11, leading legal scholar Harold Hongju Koh offers a grim diagnosis of how we got here and the challenges ahead.

Congress can bring justice for victims of crimes against humanity by passing a statute with universal jurisdiction.

The collapse of the Afghan government to the Taliban and subsequent U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 marked the failure of two decades of fighting to root…

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