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Foreign Policy, International Law, International Security, Vol. 12 No. 2

Assessment of National Security Concerns in the Acquisition of U.S. and U.K. Assets

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Ioannis Kokkoris discusses the national security statutory framework and regulatory regimes governing mergers and acquisitions of domestic assets by foreign acquirers in the United States and United Kingdom, contrasting enforcement records and providing criticisms of the two.

By placing restrictions on certain types of transactions and outlining clear procedural rules for entities under review, the United States and United Kingdom provide clarity to both the investment and legal communities on their approach to reviewing transactions in the telecommunications, food, financial, defense, and technology industries, among others, that trigger national security concerns.

However, Kokkoris concludes that in the United States, despite CFIUS’s increased powers, the lack of transparency surrounding its reasoning in the review process creates an uncomfortable unpredictability for dealing parties, which would benefit from more detailed rationales.

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FISA, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Security, Issue Archive, Laws of War, Religious Extremism, Surveillance, Teaching National Security Law, Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Torture, Vol. 12 No. 1—Special 9/11 20th Anniversary Issue

Lessons for the Next Twenty Years: What We’ve Learned in the Two Decades Since 9/11

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LESSONS FOR THE NEXT TWENTY YEARS: WHAT WE’VE LEARNED IN THE TWO DECADES SINCE 9/11

A Note from Editor-in-Chief William C. Banks

By any measure the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 brought an immediate laser focus to the phenomenon of international terrorism.

Though hardly new to the United States and the world in 2001, the 9/11 attacks instantaneously elevated countering international terrorism to the dominant national security imperative at home and abroad.

Questions were legion: Should we have known the attacks were coming? What could we have done to prevent them? What lessons learned will help forestall the next attack? What are the best options for countering international terrorism?

Twenty years later many lessons have been learned, even as we continue to struggle with the ever changing dynamics of global terrorism. JNSLP is honored to publish this Special Edition, “Lessons Learned for the Next Twenty Years: What We’ve Learned in the Two Decades Since 9/11.”

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International Law, International Security, Law and Security in Space, Vol. 11 No. 3

Why Isn’t Outer Space a Global Commons?

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The United States does not view outer space as a global commons, according to Executive Order (EO) 13914 issued by President Donald Trump on April 6, 2020. This policy declaration will be welcomed by some, lamented by others, and surely many more will simply find it confusing—an intriguing range of reactions for a seemingly simple term to generate.

John S. Goehring’s article examines the role that notions of the global commons play in U.S. policy on the recovery and use of space resources. It argues the term “global commons” has more than one legitimate meaning, and, in failing to account for this complexity, the EO complicates, rather than simplifies, productive discourse not only about the space domain but also about other domains.

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