Dan Maurer’s essay argues that a complete scrutiny of norm-breaking and “crises” within strategic-level American civil-military relationships ought to consider more than the impact of the breach or the value of the actor’s apparent justification for transgression. Rather, considering how an actor understood the norm, and whether he or she accepted it before breaching it,… Continue reading Paved with Good Intentions?: Civil-Military Norms, Breaches, and Why Mindset Matters
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Building a Universal Counter-Proliferation Regime: The Institutional Limits of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540
The risk of Weapons of Mass Destruction materials falling into the hands of criminals continues to be a major security concern following 9/11. Efforts to curb the threat culminated in 2004 with U.N. Security Council Resolution 1540. Resolution 1540 created an international institution—the 1540 regime—that was intended to prevent WMD proliferation by closing legal gaps… Continue reading Building a Universal Counter-Proliferation Regime: The Institutional Limits of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540
Gathering Intelligence: Drifting Meaning and the Modern Surveillance Apparatus
Since its implementation in 1981, Executive Order 12,333 has served as a general charter governing the structure and operations of the Intelligence Community. While legislation has imposed a degree of added judicial and congressional oversight, the executive branch continues to retain sole discretion over large swathes of foreign intelligence activity today. Over the past several… Continue reading Gathering Intelligence: Drifting Meaning and the Modern Surveillance Apparatus