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Announcing 'The Troubled U.S.-NATO Relationship,' a New Lawfare E-book

David Priess   Mon, Dec 9, 2019, 5:19 PM

A new Lawfare Institute e-book, "The Troubled U.S.-NATO Relationship,” is now available on Kindle.

What underlying tensions within NATO have contributed to recent difficulties in the alliance? How has President Trump’s strikingly different approach than his predecessors spurred or exacerbated these troubles? And what legal issues come into play as the relationship struggles?

Scholarship

Trump, Congress and Presidential Alliance Powers

Mira Rapp-Hooper, Matthew Waxman   Mon, Jul 1, 2019, 8:10 AM

In a new Washington Quarterly article titled “Presidential Alliance Powers,” we wrestle with a subject that has become familiar in these pages: the chief executive’s ability to dismantle American alliances. We argue that although many Trump foreign policy critics worry that his disdain for American alliances such as NATO might lead him to withdraw the United States, the more subtle, probable and already-manifest danger is that he weakens U.S. alliances from within.

Ukraine

NATO’s Ukraine Challenge

Steven Pifer   Thu, Jun 13, 2019, 3:18 PM

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Brussels on June 4 and 5, where he met with the leadership of the European Union and NATO. He reaffirmed Kyiv’s goal of integrating into both institutions—goals enshrined earlier this year as strategic objectives in Ukraine’s constitution.

Drones

German Courts Weigh Legal Responsibility for U.S. Drone Strikes

Emma DiNapoli   Thu, Apr 4, 2019, 9:18 AM

On March 13 and 14, a German court considered two challenges to the U.S. drone program in the Middle East and East Africa. Both cases, brought before the Higher Administrative Court of North Rhine-Westphalia in Münster, assert that Germany bears legal responsibility for the consequences of U.S.-led drone strikes in Yemen and Somalia that were conducted from the U.S. Air Force’s Ramstein base, located in southwestern Germany.

Executive Power

The Senate vs. The President: A Moot Court on the President’s Treaty Withdrawal Powers

Scott R. Anderson   Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 1:02 PM

Yesterday, Mar. 28, I had the pleasure of moderating an incredibly interesting panel discussion at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of International Law (ASIL). The focus of the discussion was S.J. Res. 4, a real law introduced this past January by a bipartisan coalition of Senators, led by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.). Modeled on a proposal I outlined in Lawfare last summer, S.J. Res.

International Organizations

There Really is an Expert Consensus: Multilateralism Still Matters

Eric Parajon, Susan Peterson, Ryan Powers, Michael J. Tierney   Fri, Jan 18, 2019, 11:35 AM

How do international relations experts evaluate President Trump’s efforts to reshape the U.S.-led international order and the multilateral institutions that help govern it? IR scholars have long argued that multilateral institutions like the United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the World Trade Organization (WTO) offer significant economic and security benefits to the world in general and the United States in particular.

Foreign Policy Essay

Drawing the Line on U.S. Reassurance to Eastern Europe

Sara Bjerg Moller   Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 10:00 AM

Editor’s Note: The United States is considering deploying permanent forces to Poland to signal the U.S. security commitment to that country. Such a move would be a massive strategic shift and one that raises many questions. Sara Bjerg Moller of Seton Hall assesses this move and argues that the deployment would not solve Poland's fundamental security problems but would create risks for the United States.

Daniel Byman

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