Large Constellations of Small Satellites: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Illegal

by David A. Koplow | May 19, 2024 | Featured, Main Articles, Volume 15

David A. Koplow [*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] The most exciting and far-reaching contemporary developments regarding human activities in outer space arise from the recent drastic reductions in the costs of building, launching, and operating...

Performative Economic Sanctions: How Sanctions Work Without Economic Harm

by Katniss Xuejiao Li | May 19, 2024 | Featured, Main Articles, Volume 15

Katniss Xuejiao Li[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] This Article proposes and develops a concept of performative economic sanctions, challenging the traditional notion that sanctions must inflict eco- nomic harm to be effective. It examines the...

How Private Actors Are Impacting U.S. Economic Sanctions

by Maryam Jamshidi | Dec 15, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 15

Maryam Jamshidi[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Economic and trade sanctions are typically understood as the exclusive province of governments and intergovernmental organizations. Private parties have, however, long played a role in sanctions regimes....

The Concept of “The Human” in the Critique of Autonomous Weapons

by Kevin Jon Heller | Dec 15, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 15

Kevin Jon Heller[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] The idea that using “killer robots” in armed conflict is unacceptable because they are not human is at the heart of nearly every critique of autonomous weapons. Some of those critiques are...

Return to Sender?: Analyzing the Senior Leader “Open Letter” On Civilian Control of the Military

by Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., USAF (Ret.) | Dec 15, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 15

Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., USAF (Ret.)[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] In response to the September 2022 open letter, “To Support and Defend: Principles of Civilian Control and Best Practices of Civil-Military Relations,” by eight former...

Sovereignty, Article II, and the Military During Domestic Unrest

by Christopher Mirasola | Dec 15, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 15

Christopher Mirasola[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] In this article, I contest two theories of inherent presidential power, rooted in Article II, to use the military to respond to domestic unrest during peacetime. This question is more contested than...