In the Media

In the Media

As the U.S. enforces a naval blockade on Iran against vessels flagged under states that are not a party to the conflict, Non-Resident Senior Fellows Rebecca Ingber and Brian Finucane explore the surfacing tensions between two bodies of applicable law.

June 12th, 2026|

For the Washington Post, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane outlines questions of lawfulness and proportionality raised by U.S. attacks that allegedly destroyed vital Iranian infrastructure.

June 11th, 2026|

In his #1 New York Times bestseller Liar’s Kingdom: How to Stop Trump’s Deceit and Save America, Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissmann explores the problem of the nation’s systemic vulnerability to political lies and poses a path forward through reforms to the law.

June 11th, 2026|

In a “What’s Next” essay for the NYU Law Democracy Project, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Rebecca Ingber autopsies the decline of international law and the so-called “world order,” offering her take on how to rebuild a public constituency for the rule of law.

June 11th, 2026|

Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissmann joins PBS and NPR’s KQED to discuss his case for stemming the effects of political deception and strengthening U.S. democratic institutions.

June 10th, 2026|

In Just Security, Distinguished Scholar Michael Schmitt and Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman offer an analysis of the law of armed conflict as applied to a reported Israeli campaign to kill or capture every individual involved in the October 7th massacre.

June 2nd, 2026|

In a New York Times op-ed, Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissmann argues that in order to stop the Trump administration’s vindictive prosecutions, grand jury votes in favor of criminal charges must meet a higher factual standard than mere probable cause.

May 29th, 2026|

For the New York Times, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane weighs in on reports that Guatemala has agreed to joint strikes with the U.S. against narcotics trafficking groups within its borders

May 28th, 2026|

As Bellingcat reports findings of banned Russian-made cluster bomblets in a village in northern Mali, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane weighs in on Mali’s legal obligations as a signatory to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

May 27th, 2026|

Faculty Co-Director Andrew Weissmann sits down with NPR to explain a DOJ settlement granting President Trump immunity from pending tax audits and setting up a fund for victims of “government weaponization.”

May 21st, 2026|

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