Seeking Plausible Strategic Goals: America's Doctrinal Imperative on Iran
Abstract: Although US President Donald Trump may eventually be content with achieving only modest operational successes against Iran, there is reason to believe he would still prefer some notion of a military “victory.” Any such notion would likely be starkly injurious to overall US security interests. Derivatively, as shall now be argued, any such erroneous [...]
Unexplored Connections: The Crimes of Saddam Hussein and Israeli-Palestinian Relations
Nullum crimen sine poena, “No crime without a punishment.” – Nuremberg Tribunal, Final Judgment, 1946 Whether formally codified or merely personal, memory must always lie at the heart of justice. Today, however, almost no one remembers the myriad threats and actual missile attacks once launched at Israel from Iraq. Indeed, virtually no one even remembers [...]
Federal lawsuit alleges Big Pharma firms funded Iraq terrorist organizations
US veterans filed a lawsuit in federal court on Tuesday against five big pharmaceutical firms for funding terrorist organizations in Iraq. The suit was brought by more than 100 US veterans and their families for injuries sustained in...
JURIST Guest Columnist Louis René Beres of Purdue University, critically analyzes Trump's "America First" foreign policy... Instead of exchanging corrosive epithets with Kim Jung Un, President Trump should focus on creating a better understanding of the North Korean dictator's personal...
The Galactic Empire: Lessons in Geopolitics from a "Galaxy Far, Far Away"
JURIST Guest Columnist Roy Lee discusses the applications of principles from the Star Wars film series to contemporary issues in international relations... In the ever-popular Star Wars series, the Jedi and the Rebel Alliance are pitted against the Sith and...
The findings of the seven-year inquiry, led by Sir John Chilcot , into Britain's role in the invasion of Iraq were delivered on Wednesday in the form of a scathing verdict against former prime minister Tony...
France May Invoke NATO Article 5 In Wake of Paris ISIS Attacks
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law argues that France has the legal right to invoke Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty following the Paris ISIS attacks...Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the...
French court acquits 14 companies in Iraq oil-for-food scandal
A French court acquitted 14 companies accused of bribery on Thursday for negotiating contracts as part of the UN oil-for-food program with the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein . The oil-for-food program allowed...
The ICC's Problematic Jurisdiction over Foreign Islamic State Fighters
JURIST Guest Columnist Elinor Fry, of VU University Amsterdam in the Netherlands, discusses the ICC's problematic jurisdiction over foreign Islamic state fighters...In an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung published on November 20, the Chief Prosecutor of the ICC, Fatou Bensouda,...
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law makes the historical legal case for a change in US policy on Kurdistan ... Having existed through millennia of foreign dominance and occupation, hard by the Zargos mountains, Kurds...
