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...

Volume 14, Issue 2

by harvardnsj | May 20, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 14

Volume 14, Issue 2 is out!

How the Erosion of U.S. War Powers Constraints Has Undermined International Law Constraints on the Use of Force

by Oona A. Hathaway | May 20, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 14

Oona A. Hathaway[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] The last several decades have witnessed a dramatic decline in the capacity of the U.S. Congress to constrain the president’s unilateral decisions to send the United States to war. That erosion of...

Strict Subordination: The Origins of Civil Control of Private Military Power in State Constitutions

by Alden A. Fletcher | May 20, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 14

Alden A. Fletcher[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] The resurgence of private militias claiming the protection of the Second Amendment raises a startling question: is the United States a country without a legal monopoly on the use of force? Perhaps not....

Back to Basics: The Benefits of Paradigmatic International Organizations

by Kristina Daugirdas and Katerina Linos | May 20, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 14

by Kristina Daugirdas & Katerina Linos[*] [Full text of this Article in PDF is available at this link] In the early 2000s, small “coalitions of the willing,” flexible networks, and nimble private-public partnerships were promoted as alternatives to bureaucratic,...