What’s next for Cohen, Manafort, Mueller and Trump?
BeFM News Radio in South Korea interviews Claire Finkelstein
What’s next after the Manafort verdict and Cohen plea?
Claire Finkelstein answers the question during this 900 CHML Radio interview
Prosecutors’ practice of getting defendants to ‘flip’ is key to getting the kingpin, experts say
Claire Finkelstein comments on cooperation agreements in this 8/23 Boston Globe article
The Hill publishes op-ed by Penn Law faculty on the Trump administration’s space initiative
Read this 8/21 op-ed by Claire Finkelstein and Mark Nevitt
People deemed dangerous because of their political opinions quells speech
Claire Finkelstein talks to ABC-affiliate WJLA-TV in Washington, DC, about Trump’s threats to remove critics’ security clearance
Claire Finkelstein on drone attack and alleged assassination attempt on Venezuelan president Nicholas Meduro
A “Knowledge@Wharton” interview with Penn’s Michael Horowitz and Dorothy Kronick on SiriusXM
Shawn Turner quoted in New York Times article
The CERL board member and communication director of the Center for a New American Security is quoted in a 7/17 story on intelligence chief Dan Coats
Was Trump’s press conference “treasonous”?
CERL board member and Cornell law professor Jens David Ohlin opines in this Business Insider article
White House use of pardon power to end Mueller investigation could be treason
Read Claire Finkelstein’s op-ed in The Hill
On the reaction to Trump/Putin’s press conference in Helsinki
Claire Finkelstein interviewed on 900 CHML Global News
Mark Nevitt, Penn Law’s Sharswood Fellow, presented on gray zone conflict issues to summer interns on July 11
Mark (far right) is a former U.S. Navy flight officer and JAG attorney
CERL on Trump administration’s rescindment of affirmative action guidelines
Prof. Claire Finkelstein comments on the rescindment of Obama-era affirmative action guidelines in this July 5 Al Jazeera interview
CERL’s work in the torture area cited in Just Security article
Author Steven Barela references CERL’s paper The Ethics of Interrogation and the Rule of Law in this 6/26 article
CERL lunch & learn for summer interns, 6/20
CERL board member Prof. Kevin Govern shared his expertise on the privatization of war
“The Discreet Charm of the Interior Ministry,” The American Interest
In this 6/19 article, Neil Barnett, co-editor of a forthcoming CERL volume, writes about how Italian and Austrian ministries could help Russia meddle in Europe
Disinformation as foreign interference discussed at CERL
Shawn Turner, Director of Communications at Center for a New American Security and CERL board member, met with CERL’s summer interns to discuss the role of cyber and public disinformation in foreign interference. (Shawn, center, with interns Andrés Fernández Pallares and Elaine Lee)
CERL board member proposes how to best protect the 2018 elections
Op-ed by Shawn Turner appears in USA Today
CERL welcomes summer interns
Meet the 12 students participating in CERL’s 2018 summer program
“War in the Age of Intelligent Machines” debate
In this blog post, Bryn Shaffer discusses the March 2018 debate between CERL board member Prof. Duncan MacIntosh of Dalhousie University and Prof. Noel Sharkey of ICRAC
CERL director quoted in 6/7 Washington Post
Claire Finkelstein: It is “highly improper for the president to weigh in on a pending case….”
CERL board member to lead ABA Center for Global Programs
Alberto Mora named as new director of the ABA Rule of Law Initiative
CERL director quoted in 5/21 CNBC article
Claire Finkelstein commented on Deputy AG Rosenstein’s referral of Trump’s investigation demand to OIG
How might midterms affect impeachment outlook?
CERL board member Jens David Ohlin, Vice Dean at Cornell Law School, answers this question on the May 12 airing of CNN’s Smerconish
CERL board member Alberto Moro appears on Amanpour on PBS to discuss Gina Haspel’s nomination
The arguments for and against Gina Haspel as CIA director
A guest on PBS NewsHour on May 9, CERL board member Dr. Stephen Xenakis comments on Haspel’s moral and legal failures concerning the use of torture on post-9/11 detainees
New York Times op-ed: “Lawyers Told Gina Haspel Torture Was Legal. But It Never Was.”
This May 9 op-ed was written by CERL Director Claire Finkelstein and CERL board member Dr. Stephen Xenakis, who assert that Haspel’s adherence to orders and legal advice does not absolve her from her involvement in torture and in the destruction of video evidence
CERL fellows’ op-ed piece published in The Hill
Read ‘Forever war’ needs new rules, Carlton Haelig’s and Nick Saidel’s op-ed piece on a successful AUMF replacement
CERL Paper: Considerations for a New Authorization for the Use of Military Force
CERL has determined the baseline parameters, objectives, and guidance needed for a successful new AUMF.
CERL Report: The Ethics of Interrogation and the Rule of Law
In this timely report, CERL examines how the torture program may be revived and recommends legal avenues to prevent the current and future presidents from reinstating torture by executive order.