Reiss Center on Law and Security

Reporting at a Crossroads

Reporting at a Crossroads

Join frontline experts for a discussion on emerging questions in national security reporting.

Welcoming our 2026-27 Student Scholars

Welcoming our 2026-27 Student Scholars

We are delighted to announce our newest cohort of Reiss Center Student Scholars.

A Road Less Traveled with Brian Israel

A Road Less Traveled with Brian Israel

For our final Road Less Traveled career series event of the academic year, we welcomed Brian Israel, CLO, Anthropic PBC.

War Powers Resolution Reporting Project

War Powers Resolution Reporting Project

Check out our original research on the War Powers Resolution.

In the News

Reuters cites Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane’s critique published in Just Security of the State Department Legal Advisor’s legal explanation for the legal basis for Operation Epic Fury—an “overly permissive justification [that] risks further eroding legal constraints on the use of force.”

With the 60-day deadline for ending unauthorized military operations in Iran looming, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane speaks with Foreign Policy magazine: a Congressional war powers resolution could be a “powerful political signal.”

For TIME Magazine, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman is interviewed alongside Oona Hathaway, Harold Koh, and Tom Dannenbaum on whether President Trump’s threatened strikes in Iran would constitute war crimes in the Iran conflict.