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The U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions on July 6 submitted a report claiming the January done strike in Iraq that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani constituted a violation of international law.
Strategic messages that incorporate credible threats under jus ad bellum are often the best option to enhance deterrence signaling.
In arguing that the social media platform is breaking the law by allowing Iranian officials to tweet, Sen. Ted Cruz ignores crucial speech protections etched into U.S. sanctions law.
While President Trump can decide whether to use force against Iran, Congress has taken steps that may make him unwilling to do so.
The aggressive U.S. strategy has raised tensions in Iraq without creating prospects for a resolution.
Fault Lines welcomes Rich Goldberg, former Director for Countering Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction for the White House National Security Council, to discuss U.S.-Iranian Policy. Rich laid out the policy of the current administration in a recent op-ed in the New York Times.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on Feb. 28 at 8:30 a.m. on the Trump administration's policies on Iran, Iraq and the use of force. The committee will hear testimony from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The hearing will be the first opportunity for lawmakers to press Pompeo on the Trump administration’s legal justification for the strike against Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Suleimani.
You can watch a livestream of the hearing here and below.
The odds are stacked against reform, but protesters have withstood tumultuous events and waves of repression.
The United States could start by clarifying its objectives.
When the secretary of state says "deterrence," it seems like he means something else.