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Creating Iron Man: The need to regulate super soldiers

Jeffrey R. Polidor

Strengthening the Nuclear Taboo in the Midst of Russia’s War on Ukraine

Daryl G. Kimball

The lesson of Ukraine: Threats to use nuclear weapons first (or even second) are not viable

Morton H. Halperin

Combating contagion:
Can journalists avoid fanning the flames of domestic violent extremism while reporting on it?

Isabelle Terranova

Vladimir Putin’s “Orthodoxy, Autocracy, and Nationality”

Carlo J.V. Caro

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A Damage Assessment of Trump’s “Declassification Defense”

George Croner

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A reply in defense of the state secrets privilege

George Croner

How the State Secrets Doctrine Undermines Democracy

Claire Finkelstein

State Secrets and the Blinding of Justice

Mark Fallon

New Statistics Confirm the Continuing Decline in the Use of National Surveillance Authorities

George Croner

The Assange case shows that a “public interest” defense to unauthorized disclosures of classified information is neither wise nor workable

George W. Croner

Putin’s terror state and the not so new world order

Geoffrey S. Corn and Gary P. Corn

The Ian Fishback we knew and the nation failed

Brigadier General (Ret) Stephen N. Xenakis, M.D. with observations by Professor Nancy Sherman

Remembering Ian Fishback

Nancy Sherman

Eulogy for Ian Fishback

Jeff McMahan

The human toll of Guantánamo necessitates its closure: Reflections on an interview with a GTMO guard

Mihir Mulloth and Mark Williams

Congress must exclude the provision banning transfers from GTMO to the U.S. from the 2022 NDAA

Ashley Fuchs, Natalie Heller, and Anya Tullman

The Méndez Principles: The Case for US Legislation on Law Enforcement Interviews

by Rebecca Shaeffer

The Méndez Principles: Beware Crossing the Line to Psychological Torture

by Nils Melzer and Steven J. Barela

The Méndez Principles: A Focus on the Exclusionary Rule

by Pavle Kilibarda and Gloria Gaggioli

The Méndez Principles: Sharpening the View on Interrogation and Utilitarianism

by Steven J. Barela

The Méndez Principles: Building Rapport and Trust in Interrogations to Elicit Reliable Information

by Laure Brimbal, Steven M. Kleinman, Simon Oleszkiewicz and Christian A. Meissner

The Méndez Principles: The Need to Update the Army Field Manual on Interrogation for the 21st Century

by Susan Brandon and Mark Fallon

The Méndez Principles: Emergence and Global Expansion of Non-Coercive Interviewing

by Ray Bull, Asbjørn Rachlew, and Mary Schollum

The Méndez Principles: Science Shows Interrogation is Too Serious for Amateurs

by Shane O’Mara

The Méndez Principles: Leadership to Transform Interrogation via Science, Law, and Ethics

by Steven J. Barela and Mark Fallon

The Méndez Principles: A New Standard for Effective Interviewing by Police and Others, While Respecting Human Rights

Juan E. Méndez and Vanessa Drummond

Is the Goldwater Rule out of step with medical ethics? How four past APA presidents morally justify the Goldwater Rule

by Claire Pouncey

Democracy needs mental health experts to speak up

by Richard Painter and Norman Eisen

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