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Donald Trump and the Decline of US Soft Power Feb 6, 2018 Joseph S. Nye How a government behaves at home, in international institutions, and in foreign policy can affect others by the influence of its example. In all of these areas, Trump has reversed attractive American policies. CAMBRIDGE – …

International Law in the Age of Trump In the second month of Donald Trump’s presidency, we still know little about his foreign policy agenda. He regularly said things during the campaign that suggested a radical departure from longstanding tenets of U.S. foreign policy. And during his first month in office, …

Richard Haass In Newsweek: Rethink Afghanistan Because Nation Building Is Not Working And We’re Not WinningPolitico‘s Mike Allen reports in his Playbook today that the new issue of Newsweek will feature a major cover story by Richard Haass called “Rethinking Afghanistan: We’re not winning. It’s not worth it. Here’s how …

The Honduran Crisis and the Turn to Constitutional Legitimism, Part II: The Pitfalls of Constitutional Legitimism In my previous post on this topic, I argued that the international reaction to the Honduran coup potentially augurs a shift in foundational norms governing the relationship between international and domestic legal authority.  I …

The Taliban’s New “Code of Conduct”, Compliance with the Laws of War and POW status After an absence of a couple of weeks and a summer silence on this blog, we are back.  I’ve got a bit of catching up to do. I want to spend the next couple of …

Padilla Sentenced to More Than 17 Years in Prison Jose Padilla€™s detention became the centerpiece of a debate over the Bush administration€™s prosecution of terrorism. [via NYT > World]

North Korea sells arms to Ethiopia with U.S. OK: NYT NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Bush administration allowed Ethiopia to complete a secret arms purchase from North Korea in an apparent violation of a U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution passed months earlier over its nuclear test, The New York Times …