Academic debates about the status of customary international law (CIL) have largely ignored an important aspect of the question: the presidential power to interpret CIL.

The debate over the status of customary international law is dominated by two positions: the modern position view and the revisionist view. This working paper demonstrates that Sosa endorsed the revisionist perspective.

In Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain, the Supreme Court of the United States addressed the scope of the Alien Tort Statute.

Ambassador Bolton's review of John Fonte's book "Sovereignty vs. Submissions:  Will Americans Rule Themselves of be Ruled by Others?"

Only by continuing to act on the high seas as it always has can the United States hope to maintain a system of international rules that serves its own interests. Ratifying UNCLOS could very well have the opposite effect.

Outer space has become the next frontier for American national security and business. But instead of advancing American primacy in this realm, the Obama administration has wrongly decided not only to follow a European Union draft “code of conduct” regulating outer space, but also to circumvent the Senate’s central constitutional role in making treaties.

All Washington wants is to continue doing what it has been doing since it became a maritime power: use its Navy to enhance international peace and security, deter conflict, reassure allies, and collect intelligence. LOST undercuts these strategic imperatives, and that is why it has always been a bad idea for the United States.

While Western officials debate the efficacy of sanctions, the one certainty regarding Iran’s economy is that the primary cause for its weakness is mismanagement. Iranian press analysis of domestic problems is often illuminating, as economics is the subject most immune from press censors.