What’s in the UN special rapporteur’s report following her technical visit to northeastern Syria?

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 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?

Beginning to answer questions of how and why the initial victory in 2001 was frittered away and the war was ultimately lost

What was Hamas’s strategic objective in launching this weekend’s horrific violence? What should Israel’s be in response? 

 That one of the best militaries in the world should fall victim to such an easily countered attack should have U.S. military planners asking: “Could this happen to us?”

How can African governments and the international community respond to the threats posed by armed groups in African national parks?

Unless policymakers act, increasing threats to public officials will normalize political violence and stymie civic engagement and democratic processes.

Congress should renew and amend FISA Section 702, but adding a warrant requirement is unworkable and will only partially address major U.S. privacy concerns.