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The National Security Exception to the First Amendment Prohibition on Prior Restraints
By Bree Evans The release of former National Security Advisor Ambassador John Bolton’s memoir has been held up while the National...
Apr 10, 20204 min read
Check out NSLB’s Ethem Çoban commenting on National Security Issues on CNN and BBC World News
NSLB is proud to see our staff involved, and influencing the National Security conversation. Check out the videos below! Ethem Çoban, JD,...
Oct 24, 20191 min read
Using the GATT Security Exception for the Brexit-Irish Border Issue: Is it Sensible or Fantasy?
By: Bashar H. Malkawi, Dean and Professor of Law, College of Law, University of Sharjah A key part of Brexit negotiations focuses on the...
Jan 28, 20195 min read
Announcing the Spring 2018 Symposium
The National Security Law Brief is proud to announce the panelists and keynote speaker for the Spring 2018 Symposium on the law of the...
Mar 21, 20181 min read
Pressure on Jordan: Refusal to extradite mastermind of deadly 2001 Sbarro suicide bombing in Jerusal
By Michelle Munneke, J.D. 2017, American University Washington College of Law. In March of this year, Jordan expressed its refusal to...
Oct 28, 20179 min read
The Washington Post Editorial Board Reads the Lawfare Blog
By Kenneth Anderson Jack Goldsmith and Benjamin Wittes have been arguing for several days now at the Lawfare blog that the Obama...
Oct 6, 20114 min read
Why Palestinian Statehood is a Question for the U.N.
As the Palestinians seek U.N. support for a state of their own, Washington has advanced two arguments to dissuade them: first, that...
Sep 22, 20114 min read
Wikileaks, the Espionage Act, and the First Amendment: The Law, Politics, and Policy of Prosecuting
On January 11, 2011, American University National Security Law Brief faculty advisors Daniel Marcus and Steven Vladeck participated in a...
Jan 11, 20111 min read
Is “National Security Law” Inherently Paradoxical?
By Stephen Vladek I’m perhaps the last person who should be asking the question at the heart of this essay—whether “national security...
Jan 10, 20112 min read
Experts Challenge Legality of U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan
In the past week, U.N. investigators and law professors alike have spoken out concerning the CIA-directed drone strikes on al-Qaeda and...
Oct 23, 20103 min read
Bellinger Op-Ed in Sunday NYT, Claims Bush and Obama Similar on Int'l Law
In a Sunday Op-Ed piece for the New York Times, John Bellinger, partner at Arnold & Porter (and former Bush State Dept. lawyer) asserted...
Feb 18, 20101 min read
WCL's Kenneth Anderson on Nat'l Journal Targeted Killings Issues
Last week at Opiniojuris.org, WCL Professor Kenneth Anderson discussed and linked to two National Journal articles on UAV killings. The...
Jan 13, 20101 min read
NYT Op-Ed on US-China Relations; Obama's China Visit
Given China’s important (and sometimes stifling) role in the UN Security Council, its leadership role in the Shanghai Cooperation...
Nov 18, 20092 min read
Appeals Court Rejects Suit in Arar Rendition Case
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, delivered a ruling on November 2, 2009, holding that Mr. Arar cannot seek...
Nov 12, 20091 min read
US Drone Killings Criticized by UN Special Rapporteur
On Tuesday, Philip Alston, a UN Special Rapporteur, voiced concerns about the international legal basis for unmanned drone killings on...
Oct 28, 20091 min read
Professor Julian Ku's Observations on Senator DeMint's Honduras Trip
Last week in the Wall Street Journal, Senator Jim DeMint (R-NC) authored a WSJ Op-Ed highly critical of the Obama Administration’s policy...
Oct 14, 20091 min read
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