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Starving the Beast: A New Vetting Model to Prevent Corruption in International Security Sector Assistance
Nahal Kazemi* [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Abstract In 2021, the United States government identified countering corruption as a core national security interest for the first time. However, corrupt police and military forces supported by the United...
How Domestic Institutions Shape the Global Tech War
Anu Bradford,* Eileen Li,** & Matthew C. Waxman*** [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Abstract The United States (U.S.), China, and the European Union (EU) are engaged in a national security-driven economic competition over advanced technology. Many...
Chinese Lawfare in Conflict: The Threat to U.S. Operations
Crispin Smith* [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Abstract The United States military and intelligence communities are sounding the alarm about the escalating risk of interstate conflict with the People’s Republic of China. China is already a premier...
Volume 16, Issue 1
Articles Protecting the U.S. National Security State from a Rogue President By Laura A. Dickinson The presidency of Donald Trump revealed weaknesses in the U.S. constitutional structure and its legal rules, weaknesses that had been covered over for most of our history...
Protecting the U.S. National Security State from a Rogue President
Laura A. Dickinson* [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Abstract The presidency of Donald Trump revealed weaknesses in the U.S. constitutional structure and its legal rules, weaknesses that had been covered over for most of our history because presidents of...
Chip Security: Reconciling Industrial Subsidies with WTO Rules and National Security Exception
"Mark" Min Seong Kim* [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Abstract Justified as a national security law, the CHIPS and Science Act (“CHIPS Act”) channels an unprecedented $53 billion federal investment to reshore semiconductor production and reduce...
The Legality of Defending National Activities on the Moon
Francesca Giannoni-Crystal* [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Abstract This paper explores the issue of defending national activities on the Moon—the first celestial body that will be subject to human activities. Concentrated resources, insufficient...
Flying Saucers and the Ivory Dome: Congressional Oversight Concerning Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena
Dillon Guthrie* [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Abstract Once dismissed for decades, the topic of unidentified anomalous phenomena (“UAP”), previously labeled as unidentified aerial phenomena and unidentified flying objects (“UFOs”), now attracts the...
Volume 15, Issue 2
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))
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...