By Evan Meyerson – On Friday, September 23, 2011, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas formally submitted a bid for full membership in the United Nations. By attempting to authorize Palestinian statehood through the U.N. rather than at the negotiating table, Abbas signaled an unprecedented move away from direct involvement by the United States in the high-level decision-making of the Middle East [...]
By James Moxness – The full complexity, benefits, and costs of the regulatory state, especially as they relate to national security, are too infrequently discussed or appreciated publicly in the United States. It would come as a surprise to too many that environmental regulation places significant hedges on military—especially naval—training, spurring lawsuits (like Winter v. NRDC) that, at their foundation, [...]
On September 30, a United States drone strike in northern Yemen killed Anwar al-Aulaqi, an influential and American-born member of al-Qaeda. Al-Aulaqi is believed to have inspired several successful and attempted terrorist attacks, including the Fort Hood shooting in 2009 and the Times Square bomb attempt in 2010. There is a great deal of debate about the legal and policy [...]
By Grey Fisher – After a months-long investigation involving dozens of interviews with local and federal officials, the Associated Press has found that, since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the New York Police Department has transformed into one of the “most aggressive domestic intelligence agencies” in the United States, through its covert operations in Muslim neighborhoods designed to root out terrorist [...]
By Stephen M. Pezzi – On Sunday, May 1st, an elite unit of U.S. Navy SEALs carried out a raid on a fortified home in Abottabad, Pakistan, during which Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed by two American bullets. Although the details surrounding the raid are not completely known, information has been seeping out to the public (often correcting, [...]
President Obama announced that in an operation involving U.S. Navy SEALs, Osama bin Laden has been killed and his body recovered by U.S. forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. NSJ Advisor Board members address the legal and strategic implications of the killing.
By Brian Itami -- The ICJ ruled that it lacked jurisdiction over a dispute relating to the South Ossetian conflict, leaving the potential convergence between international humanitarian law and human rights law unresolved.
By James Moxness -- The newest member of the NSJ Advisory Board, Juan Zarate, gave a lecture last week concerning the recent political upheaval in the Middle East, what it means for U.S. counter-terrorism policy, and the future of Al Qaeda.
By Reena Mittelman -- Already, Libyan assets frozen by the United States represent the largest amount ever blocked under an American sanctions action. Recent asset-recovery legislation passed in Switzerland suggests a way that the United States and its allies can seize even more.
By Brian Clampitt -- This year’s budget request included the overall number for intelligence for the first time in over 60 years.
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