Tehran’s ties to Russia are growing, making Iran a stronger force in the region and increasing the danger it poses to the United States and its allies

Two legal regimes—the law of the sea and the law on the use of force—can apply to damage caused by states to submarine cables during peacetime.

A review of John Mearsheimer and Sebastian Rosato, “How States Think: The Rationality of Foreign Policy” (Yale University Press, 2023).

Their performance in response to last week’s Gaza hospital explosion was far worse than that of the New York Times.

We appreciate the thorough response to our piece, but several points require clarification.

While law restrains Israel in some ways, it does not prevent an Israeli response to Hamas that will morally discomfit not only those who hate it but many of its friends as well.

The ICC opened an ongoing investigation into the situation in Palestine in 2021. How might the current conflict affect the investigation, and vice versa?

The United States has excluded most law from Guantánamo Bay for decades. It should reverse that position now and provide medical care for its declining detainees.

Many are comparing the current conflict to 9/11. What are the differences, and what are the dangers of such a comparison?

The REPO Act is a timely, carefully constructed bipartisan bill that signals that the U.S. is prepared and willing to take on a leadership role for an economic counteroffensive to support Ukraine.