Articles in Law & Justice tagged with War and National Security

Feisal G. Mohamed

How the International Criminal Court Could Prosecute Putin

The legal doctrine of "superior responsibility" makes the Russian president liable for war crimes committed in Ukraine.

Baher Azmy

Twenty Years Later, Guantánamo Is Everywhere

The lawless—and ongoing—administration of the prison by four American presidents underwrites the broader democratic crisis we face today.

Sophia Goodfriend

Cyberespionage with Benefits

In the high-tech culture of Tel Aviv, military-grade spying on civilians has become just another office job.

Erica X Eisen

The Other Nuremberg Trials, Seventy-Five Years On

Failures in prosecuting the businessmen who profited from the Nazi war machine show just how far postwar Europe and America were willing to go in the Cold War quest to protect capitalism.

Helena Cobban

The Beirut That Was

The explosion was only the latest tragedy in the city’s long decline.

Joelle M. Abi-Rached

Letter from Beirut

In the wake of the devastating explosion, civil society has shown the way forward—filling the void of a nonexistent and incapacitated state.

Sam Klug

The Conceit of American Indispensability

As both politicians and historians mine the 1940s for alternate visions of international order, we must guard against the presumption that the United States remains the benevolent center of global politics.

Edward Fishman

The Death and Rebirth of American Internationalism

As the 2020 presidential election nears, internationalists are plotting their return. But they still haven’t learned from the failure of liberal universalism.

Elaine Scarry

The Racist Foundation of Nuclear Architecture

On the seventy-fifth anniversary of Hiroshima, it is increasingly clear that white supremacy sustains the U.S. nuclear arsenal, while the country's approach to nuclear weapons reinforces racism at home.

Andrew Lanham

Policing the World

Since World War II, the United States has spread its style of policing—and police technology—around the world as a way to exert control. This link between modern policing and the national security state means they will have to be democratized together.

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