By Haridimos V. Thravalos – Click here to read the full article as a PDF The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will soon confront the question of whether, under the Military Commissions Act of 2009, conspiracy to violate the law of war is an offense triable by law-of-war military commission. In June 2006, a plurality [...]
On April 6, the National Security Journal hosted its 2012 symposium: The Law and Policy of Covert Operations: Current & Future Challenges. Dana Priest of the Washington Post gave the keynote address at the symposium. A video of her keynote address is available here.
By Colonel Mark W. Holzer * – Click here to read the full text as a PDF Abstract The term “lawfare” has become part of the lexicon of the current global conflict and although it is defined in various ways, it is essentially a way to describe legal activities within the context of armed conflict. To date, the term has [...]
By Ben White – Al-Qaeda and its affiliates actively “seek[] American homegrown recruits to implement a campaign of individual jihad and do-it-yourself terrorism.” This presents a formidable and unavoidable national security challenge. However, unlike other nations (notably Britain), facing similar—or perhaps even greater—threats from foreign nationals the “United States does not have a domestic counter-radicalization strategy.” The effort, rather, has [...]
On April 3, 2012, Brigadier General Mark Martins, Chief Prosecutor for the U.S. Military Commissions, gave a talk entitled “Legitimacy & the Limits of Command in Reformed Military Commissions.” A transcript of the talk is available on Lawfare and the video is available HERE.
By Elspeth Hansen – The United States Supreme Court has indicated that it will question, and possibly restrict, the use of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, to bring lawsuits for violations of the law of nations that take place outside the sovereign territory of the United States. The statute, first passed in 1789, provides that: “The [...]
Next week, the National Security Journal will be hosting two great events: a talk by Brig. Gen. Mark Martins and our yearly symposium. We very much hope to see you all there.
By Lee Hiromoto – The recent escalation between Israel and Palestinian militants has showcased the effectiveness of the Iron Dome system, which displayed an impressive intercept rate of nearly 80% during the weekend of March 9-12, 2012. This display of technological prowess offers the one million Israelis who live within firing range of the Gaza Strip a measure of security [...]
By Colonel Mark W. Holzer * – Click here to read the full text as a PDF Abstract The term “lawfare” has become part of the lexicon of the current global conflict and although it is defined in various ways, it is essentially a way to describe legal activities within the context of armed conflict. To date, the term has [...]
Those who served our country should be full participants in the imperative to reign in the nation’s growing debt and annual deficits. They should not be singled out nor left to bear this burden alone.
As we in the United States “celebrate” the tenth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan with a cost of several billion dollars a month for the military alone, I have become increasingly curious as to if and when the United States Government will finally decide that we must intelligently assess our role in this part of the world and move [...]
Can the President, based upon no textually committed constitutional power but only upon inherent or implied power, disregard an act of Congress because that law concerns the conduct of U.S. foreign relations? On November 7, before the United States Supreme Court, in Zivotofsky v. Clinton, the Obama Administration appeared to give an answer: yes. (For a good summary see the [...]
By Haridimos V. Thravalos – Click here to read the full article as a PDF The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will soon confront the question of whether, under the Military Commissions Act of 2009, conspiracy to violate the law of war is an offense triable by law-of-war military commission. In June 2006, a plurality [...]
On April 6, the National Security Journal hosted its 2012 symposium: The Law and Policy of Covert Operations: Current & Future Challenges. Dana Priest of the Washington Post gave the keynote address at the symposium. A video of her keynote address is available here.
By Colonel Mark W. Holzer * – Click here to read the full text as a PDF Abstract The term “lawfare” has become part of the lexicon of the current global conflict and although it is defined in various ways, it is essentially a way to describe legal activities within the context of armed conflict. To date, the term has [...]
By Ben White – Al-Qaeda and its affiliates actively “seek[] American homegrown recruits to implement a campaign of individual jihad and do-it-yourself terrorism.” This presents a formidable and unavoidable national security challenge. However, unlike other nations (notably Britain), facing similar—or perhaps even greater—threats from foreign nationals the “United States does not have a domestic counter-radicalization strategy.” The effort, rather, has [...]
On April 3, 2012, Brigadier General Mark Martins, Chief Prosecutor for the U.S. Military Commissions, gave a talk entitled “Legitimacy & the Limits of Command in Reformed Military Commissions.” A transcript of the talk is available on Lawfare and the video is available HERE.
By Elspeth Hansen – The United States Supreme Court has indicated that it will question, and possibly restrict, the use of the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, to bring lawsuits for violations of the law of nations that take place outside the sovereign territory of the United States. The statute, first passed in 1789, provides that: “The [...]
Next week, the National Security Journal will be hosting two great events: a talk by Brig. Gen. Mark Martins and our yearly symposium. We very much hope to see you all there.
By Lee Hiromoto – The recent escalation between Israel and Palestinian militants has showcased the effectiveness of the Iron Dome system, which displayed an impressive intercept rate of nearly 80% during the weekend of March 9-12, 2012. This display of technological prowess offers the one million Israelis who live within firing range of the Gaza Strip a measure of security [...]
Those who served our country should be full participants in the imperative to reign in the nation’s growing debt and annual deficits. They should not be singled out nor left to bear this burden alone.
By Morgan Cohen – The status of Jerusalem is one of the most hotly contested issues in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Just last week, at a conference in Qatar, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of “trying to erase the Arab, Muslim, and Christian nature” of the city as part of a broader campaign to “Judaize Jerusalem and position it [...]
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