Volume 15, Issue 2

by Harvard National Security Journal | May 19, 2024 | Featured, Main Articles, Volume 15

Volume 15, Issue 2 is out!

Book Review: Hidden in Plain Sight: Redefining the Field of National Security (reviewing Race and National Security (Matiangai Sirleaf ed., Oxford Univ. Press 2023))

by Aziza Ahmed | May 19, 2024 | Book Reviews, Featured, Main Articles, Volume 15

Aziza Ahmed [*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Throughout his campaign for presidency, Trump called for a ban on Muslims entering the United States. As President, he kept his word. Only days after he took office, the new administration released the...

The Significance of a Judicial Power to Identify Major Questions and Shield State Secrets for the Future of Foreign Affairs and National Security Governance

by Karen C. Sokol | May 19, 2024 | Featured, Main Articles, Volume 15

Karen C. Sokol [*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Foreign relations and national security law scholars devote significant attention to the expansion of executive power resulting from broad delegations of statutory authority or inaction by Congress and...

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....