Iran

Collection of articles with key oversight questions for the U.S. Congress by leading experts, organized by topic.

Experts analyze the US-Israel Iran military conflicts - covering nuclear diplomacy; strategic, security, and regional implications; and domestic and international law.

What Congress should ask Defense Department officials about its use of AI for targeting and the protections in place against civilian harm.

Peacetime decisions about the location and protection of data centers may determine the risks civilians face when armed conflict erupts.

Unlike in the previous war, Ethiopia's government faces a coalition of armed groups that could receive backing from rivals in the Horn of Africa and the Gulf.

The proposed revival of prize courts to seize Iranian oil vessels rests on a misunderstanding of the courts' historical purposes and the nature of modern naval warfare.

Frontier AI companies should take action to help curb the misuse of American technology by repressive governments reaching across borders.

Rather than expand the arms embargo on Darfur, the UN Security Council should take steps that would give the existing embargo teeth.

Daniel Forti and Mariea Sekijima join Viola Gienger to discuss the most important developments from the 2026 UN General Assembly.

The challenges facing the U.N. include recurrent financial shortfalls and political irrelevance to some of the world's major crises.

The global war on terror demands reflection and reckoning for the damage it caused to human rights and the international legal order.

As the first serious agreement between Lebanon and Israel stalls, Washington needs to restore reciprocity to the process.