In the Media

In the Media

Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman and Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman, together with Brian Egan in an expert backgrounder for Just Security, argue the president did not have authority under U.S. law to undertake Operation Absolute Resolve without congressional authorization.

January 7th, 2026|

In a new Project Syndicate opinion piece, Faculty Co-Director Stephen Holmes assesses the Trump administration’s justifications for the U.S. operation to capture Maduro, and the likely fallout.

January 7th, 2026|

For The New York Times, Non-Resident Senior Fellows Rebecca Ingber and Brian Finucane weigh in on the legal questions surrounding President Trump’s declaration that the U.S. will “run” Venezuela.

January 7th, 2026|

Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman and Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman, with Michael Schmitt, provide an explainer for the international and domestic law questions surrounding Operation Absolute Resolve.

January 7th, 2026|

For the Washington Post, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman and Non-Resident Senior Fellow Rebecca Ingber unpack the Trump administration’s reinterpreted definition of “designated terrorist organization” and the reasonable certainty standard in the lethal strikes campaign against alleged narcotics traffickers.

December 19th, 2025|

Non-Resident Senior Fellow Rebecca Ingber contributes the chapter “War Powers, the ‘Deep State,’ and Insurrection” to Checking the Costs of War, a timely edited volume on potential domestic constraints on use of American military force abroad.

December 17th, 2025|

For Just Security, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman and Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman, together with Michael Schmitt, update their expert answers to the most pressing legal questions surrounding the U.S.’ lethal maritime strikes against alleged narcotics traffickers.

December 15th, 2025|

As the New York Times reports on deliberations over where to send survivors of U.S. strikes, Non-Resident Brian Finucane weighs in on the calculus for the Trump administration in avoiding American court proceedings for boat strike survivors.

December 11th, 2025|

In Strict Scrutiny’s latest episode, “We Need to Talk About Trump’s Maritime Murders,” Non-Resident Senior Fellow Rebecca Ingber breaks down the available avenues of accountability and the new legal questions arising from reports of killed shipwrecked survivors during the September 2nd attack against alleged drug traffickers.

December 8th, 2025|

Speaking with CNN, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane argues that accountability for use of force should come from Congress.

December 8th, 2025|

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