Omphalos takes an interdisciplinary look at the contemporary Middle East, and is published jointly with two key partners: Academic Exchange, an educational non-profit that seeks to deepen understanding of Israel in the international academic community, and the Brookings Center for Middle East Policy and its blog, Markaz. Turmoil in today's Middle East today implicates a wide array of legal questions, bears huge costs for civilian populations, and poses diverse challenges to policymakers, activists, lawyers, and reformers. For the issues that Lawfare treats, the Middle East is a kind of omphalos.
With hydrocarbons running low, Oman's new sultan must rethink the way his country operates.
The dispute brings together intertwined disputes over energy sources, geopolitical dominance and domestic factors influencing policy toward Turkey.
A preliminary analysis of the legal questions likely to be raised in the lawsuits against the Saudi crown prince.
Nicolas Sarkozy faces a new charge in connection with alleged campaign contributions from the Gadhafi’s.
There are no plausible benign explanations for Trump’s conduct here. Even three days before the election, people should care.
The Justice Department charged two men—Alexanda Amon Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh—with eight counts in connection to a series of hostage takings and executions in Syria. The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia charged the former British nationals with conspiracy to commit hostage taking resulting in death, hostage taking resulting in death, conspiracy to murder United States citizens outside of the United States, along with two material support charges.
The Office of the State Attorney General released new guidelines for prosecuting protestors. What does the document say?
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