Pope Leo has issued what observers are calling the most direct papal acknowledgment yet of the Catholic Church’s historic role in legitimizing slavery, buried within a sweeping new encyclical on artificial intelligence and human dignity. In Magnifica Humanitas, a wide-ranging encyclical primarily addressing artificial intelligence and Catholic social doctrine, Pope Leo acknowledged both the Church’s [...]

During the 1960s, the author spent four years studying international law at Princeton. At that time, the intellectual influence of J. Robert Oppenheimer and Albert Einstein was palpable on campus. Much of the earliest conceptual thought about nuclear weapons and nuclear war originated at Princeton. Here, Professor Beres examines what we can learn from these [...]

The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the US Constitution grants citizenship to nearly all children born in the United States, regardless of whether their parents are citizens, permanent residents, unauthorized migrants, or transient visitors. Limited exceptions exist, such as children born to accredited foreign diplomats, who are not subject to US jurisdiction. This [...]

In Iranian family gatherings, geopolitics rarely arrives through academic language. It emerges through instinct, irritation, memory, and the peculiar intimacy with which ordinary people discuss the fate of nations while passing tea across a crowded room. That evening had begun like many others: fruit on the table, the television murmuring in the background, someone complaining [...]

The Canadian government is to be commended for its military, economic, and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, including the most recent announcements of $270 million in military assistance and $2.5 billion in economic support. Canada has also assumed an important role in international accountability efforts. Foreign Minister Anita Anand is co-chairing the International Coalition for the [...]

“A man with an unpleasant voice was reciting the Qur’an loudly. A wise-hearted passerby said to him, “What salary do you receive?” He replied, “None.” The man said, “Then why do you give yourself so much trouble?” He answered, “I recite for God’s sake.” The wise man said, “Then for God’s sake, do not recite.” [...]

The United States RELEASES, WAIVES, ACQUITS, and FOREVER DISCHARGES each of the Plaintiffs from, and is hereby FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing, any and all claims, counterclaims, causes of action, appeals, or requests for any relief… — From the Office of the Attorney General order signed by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, [...]

Eighty years ago, on May 3, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East opened its proceedings in Tokyo. The world was still reckoning with the devastation of the Second World War, and the tribunal represented one of humanity’s earliest attempts to articulate a legal response to mass atrocity, aggressive war, and systematic violations [...]

The United States has been at war with Iran for eight weeks. Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.–Israeli campaign launched on February 28, 2026, has killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, struck targets across twenty-four provinces, and left at least 1,443 Iranian civilians dead—including 217 children. Among the documented strikes: a Tomahawk missile that hit Shajareh Tayyebeh [...]

At a moment when the international system is being tested by the most brazen act of interstate aggression in Europe since World War II, the US House of Representatives has an opportunity—and a responsibility—to reinforce the rule of law. H.Res. 777, now before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, deserves immediate passage. The resolution, drafted with [...]