Americans are familiar with espionage, or spying. It’s when a government recruits an official or resident of another country – just as theSoviet Union recruited Robert Hanssen, a senior FBI special agent, in 1979 – to provide classified U.S. intelligence. But the Espionage Act is much br...
Scope & Content: This motion picture film examines the war in Russia, 1941-1943. Reel 1 dramatizes Russia's military history. Alexander Nevsky defeats the German knights in 1242. The Swedes are defeated in 1704 in a cavalry battle at Poltava. French troops retreat from Moscow in 1812. Kaiser...
Similar laws in Russia, enacted since Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, have been used to curb dissent and limit political freedom. Tensions rise as Russians move into country that fears it could be the next Ukraine Critics argue that the law represents a maj...
Yet an outright ban on autonomous weapon systems, even if it could be made effective, trades whatever risks autonomous weapon systems might pose in war for the real, if less visible, risk of failing to develop forms of automation that might make the use of force more precise and less ...
Nevertheless, "de-risking" creates artificial barriers, destroys the foundation of mutual trust built among countries for decades and could eventually drag the world back into a Cold War. The risk of "de-risking" is so evident that even many U.S. allies are wary of it. A recent poll cond...
These are different hostages from the ones released the other day (four more will be released tomorrow), but of course when the IDF raided that hospital because of reports that Hamas was there,they were excoriatedfor raiding a hospital. The director of the hospital, now in an Israel jail, ...
laws of warhumanitarian lawweaponsnon-lethal weaponsnecessityproportionalityicrcIt is generally considered unquestionable that the waging of war must involve at the very least the possibility of killing, wounding, and hurting combatants unddoi:10.2139/ssrn.1295348Megret, Frederic...
1. There is a social contract: Citizens, by joining a society, consented to some set of common rules, so they are morally bound to obey them. 社会中的人们遵守着社会契约。 This purported contract is entirely fictional. ...
In the legislative branch, the U.S. Congress authorizes taxes, passes laws, and appropriations spending for any fiscal policy measures through its power of the purse. This process involves participation, deliberation, and approval from both the House of Representatives and the Senate. ...
While tax laws and dual citizenship are the primary drivers behind U.S. citizenship renunciations, there are other, more personal reasons. Historically, some Americans have renounced their citizenship due to opposition to U.S. government policies, such as during the Vietnam War.13 ...