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
“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
“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
Read the open letter signed by 109 generals, including CERL board member Brigadier General (Ret) U.S. Army Stephen Xenakis, commenting on the nomination of Gina Haspel for CIA Director
Politics over guns and mental health have hurt our communities and citizens
Click through to read CERL Board Member Stephen N. Xenakis’ recent op-ed for The Hill.
Experts Explain Why Some Are Concerned About a New Cold War Space Race
Teen Vogue quotes Cassandra Steel and CERL’s Weaponization of Outer Space conference in their recent article on the potential for a Cold War-style space arms race
Space war is coming–and the U.S. is not ready
Former CERL Acting Executive Director Cassandra Steer states in this Politico article that a lack of transparency by all nations about their preparations for space conflict can in fact result in a cyclical escalation, and a conceivable return to a Cold War-type arms race.
Philly Litigator Rips Opioid Defense Attorneys At Conference
Speaking at the CERL hosted Legal Response to the Opioid Addiction Crises Conference, Stephen Sheller of Sheller PC specifically called out former New York mayor and federal prosecutor Rudy Giuliani, whose consulting firm represented OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP during a criminal investigation in 2007.
Trump to lay out opioid plan, including death penalty for traffickers
President Donald Trump’s plan to combat opioid drug addiction nationwide calls for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including the death penalty where appropriate
Purging Russian bots and trolls from politics may backfire
CERL Director Claire Finkelstein is quoted in this USA Today article.
Russian election interference is far from over. I asked 9 experts how to stop it.
CERL Director Claire Finkelstein discusses Russian election interference with Vox’s Emily Stewart.
Jared Kushner’s Future In The White House After A Security Clearance Downgrade
CERL Director Claire Finkelstein is featured on WBUR’s On Point
Use of pardon power to end Mueller investigation could be treason
Read CERL Director Claire Finkelstein’s February 28th Op-Ed for The Hill.