Recent disclosures about Donald Trump’s remarks to Billy Bush have raised speculation that unaired footage from The Apprentice might contain similarly troubling content, which would cause obvious problems for Trump’s campaign if it were released. But the real threat would arise if embarrassing content remains concealed for now, but is used after a Trump victory to manipulate the future president. This risk highlights that it is time to rethink how we vet presidential candidates.
At the heart of national security decisions lies a paradox: these decisions are among the most consequential a government can make, but often the...
Assessing the legitimacy of any legal system is hard, but especially if the system in question is the volatile and contested field of international...
The Supreme Court has overruled Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, finally interring a doctrine of statutory interpretation that it had...
The use of autonomy to initiate force, which states may begin to view as necessary to protect against hypersonic attacks and other forms of ‘hyperwar...
After two years of debate in Congress and the broader world over forfeiting the frozen assets of the Russian Central Bank for the benefit of Ukraine...
There have been many many, many proposals to use Russia’s frozen assets to help Ukraine. Russia’s invasion violated international law; reparations are...
Countries hit by unexpected crises often look to their overseas diasporas for assistance. Some countries have tapped into this generosity of their...
The view that international law functions independently of municipal law (hermetically), does not reflect contemporary international practice. Instead...
A leading casebook on foreign relations law, authored by widely cited scholars who also have pertinent government experience, Foreign Relations Law...
En række amerikanske præsidentkandidater og kongresmedlemmer er i de sidste år begyndt at argumentere for, at USA burde lancere militære angreb mod...
This provocative portrayal of the background to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine emphasizes the broad patterns of history that shape the present. Authored...
Lenders are perfectly free to decide for themselves whether, when, how, to whom and on what terms they will extend credit to a sovereign borrower. But...
The Supreme Court’s recent expansion of the major questions doctrine has rocked administrative law, throwing into doubt executive agencies’ statutory...
A resilience agenda is an essential part of protecting national security in a digital age. Digital technologies impact nearly all aspects of everyday...
National constitutions codify provisions on a wide range of topics, ranging from presidential term limits to the country’s flag. But are all...
In an era defined by partisan rifts and government gridlock, many celebrate the rare issues that prompt bipartisan consensus. But extreme consensus...
The President sometimes delegates important constitutional and statutory powers to use force or conduct other national security operations. Although...
The concept of territoriality does not appear to fit very well with the limits on state power in admiralty. Territoriality refers to land while...