Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman and Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman, together with Michael Schmitt for Just Security, analyze U.S. Ambassador Walz’s asserted legal justifications for President Trump’s threats against civilian infrastructure. Gallery

Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman and Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman, together with Michael Schmitt for Just Security, analyze U.S. Ambassador Walz’s asserted legal justifications for President Trump’s threats against civilian infrastructure.

Joining Bill Kristol on The Bulwark podcast, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman unpacks the risks that unregulated Section 702 database “queries” on U.S. persons pose to First Amendment and privacy rights. Gallery

Joining Bill Kristol on The Bulwark podcast, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman unpacks the risks that unregulated Section 702 database “queries” on U.S. persons pose to First Amendment and privacy rights.

In his latest op-ed for Project Syndicate, Faculty Co-Director Stephen Holmes explores what the Trump administration’s past repudiation of allies could mean in the context of the closed Strait of Hormuz and U.S. emergency preparedness at large. Gallery

In his latest op-ed for Project Syndicate, Faculty Co-Director Stephen Holmes explores what the Trump administration’s past repudiation of allies could mean in the context of the closed Strait of Hormuz and U.S. emergency preparedness at large.

Adding to their study featured on 60 Minutes last fall, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman and a team at Just Security provide updated data from Trump Administration litigation demonstrating that the “presumption of regularity” doctrine is facing increasing pressure in the courts. Gallery

Adding to their study featured on 60 Minutes last fall, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman and a team at Just Security provide updated data from Trump Administration litigation demonstrating that the “presumption of regularity” doctrine is facing increasing pressure in the courts.

In his latest op-ed for Project Syndicate, Faculty Co-Director Stephen Holmes examines the underlying costs of President Trump’s approach to war in Iran: “[it] is the opposite of deterrence: high-visibility expenditure today that erodes the credibility of deterrence tomorrow.” Gallery

In his latest op-ed for Project Syndicate, Faculty Co-Director Stephen Holmes examines the underlying costs of President Trump’s approach to war in Iran: “[it] is the opposite of deterrence: high-visibility expenditure today that erodes the credibility of deterrence tomorrow.”

Non-Resident Senior Fellow Michael Hanna sits down with NPR to unpack how destabilization of the Iranian regime—resulting from the war between Iran, Israel, and the U.S.—could change regional dynamics. Gallery

Non-Resident Senior Fellow Michael Hanna sits down with NPR to unpack how destabilization of the Iranian regime—resulting from the war between Iran, Israel, and the U.S.—could change regional dynamics.

In a New York Times op-ed, Non-Resident Journalism Fellow Kate Brannen tallies and weighs the hard-dollar costs of the U.S. war in Iran and previous military campaigns by the second Trump administration. Gallery

In a New York Times op-ed, Non-Resident Journalism Fellow Kate Brannen tallies and weighs the hard-dollar costs of the U.S. war in Iran and previous military campaigns by the second Trump administration.

In light of Secretary of Defense Hegseth’s comments regarding “no quarter” in the war on Iran, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane pens an op-ed for MS Now on the implications of denial of quarter under U.S. and international law. Gallery

In light of Secretary of Defense Hegseth’s comments regarding “no quarter” in the war on Iran, Non-Resident Senior Fellow Brian Finucane pens an op-ed for MS Now on the implications of denial of quarter under U.S. and international law.

Non-Resident Senior Fellow Bec Ingber joins the Strict Scrutiny podcast to discuss the legality of recent U.S. military actions. Gallery

Non-Resident Senior Fellow Bec Ingber joins the Strict Scrutiny podcast to discuss the legality of recent U.S. military actions.

For Project Syndicate, Faculty Director Stephen Holmes warns that the Trump administration’s war partners have ambitions that could fragment a successor state in Iran.  Gallery

For Project Syndicate, Faculty Director Stephen Holmes warns that the Trump administration’s war partners have ambitions that could fragment a successor state in Iran.