Effective, Impartial, and Transparent: The Need for Civilian Review of Alleged Incidents of Civilian Harm in U.S. Military Operations

February 3, 2023 In August of 2021, as the U.S. military was completing its withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone, using Hellfire missiles, destroyed a vehicle driving near Hamid Karzai International Airport that the Department of Defense initially said was laden with explosives. However, despite weeks of insisting that the strike

Considering Political Engagement with Violent Extremists: On Negotiating with Somalia’s Al-Shabaab

June 24, 2022 Somalia is at a critical juncture in its history, as former president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was selected back in May to lead the country for a second term after having initially led the country from 2012-2017.It is in that environment that, earlier this week, the International Crisis Group published a report, “Considering