by John Cella | Nov 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
By John Cella — On November 8, former Central Intelligence Agency Acting General Counsel John A. Rizzo visited Harvard Law School at an event sponsored by the Harvard National Security Law Association. Currently a Visiting Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Rizzo...
by Ronak D. Desai | Nov 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
By Ronak D. Desai — With President Obama’s visit to India underway, officials in New Delhi are working with Washington to ease American concerns over nuclear liability legislation recently enacted by the Indian Parliament that effectively precludes nuclear...
by Grey Fisher | Nov 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
By Grey Fisher — As any American who has traveled since 9/11 knows, when you arrive at the airport, you check much of your privacy at the curb. Car stops, luggage searches, and security check points with X-ray scanners all demonstrate that, in the timeless...
by harvardnsj | Aug 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
On August 1, 2010, the Convention on Cluster Munitions came into effect as binding international law among its signatories. Even for non-signatory states like the United States, the Convention’s requirements will have a significant impact on the use of cluster...
by harvardnsj | Jul 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
In the wake of Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s dismissal, questions linger about the trajectory of the American-led war in Afghanistan. While administration officials insist that McChrystal’s counterinsurgency strategy—formulated with the help of his successor, Gen. David...
by harvardnsj | Jun 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
On Monday, June 21, the Supreme Court announced its ruling in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project. In a 6 to 3 decision, the Court held that the material-support statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2339B, is constitutional as applied to the forms of support the plaintiffs sought to...