I. Detention & Military Commissions
- Jonathan Horowitz, Guest Post: The Reason Why the UK Lost the Serdar Mohammed Case (Monday, August 3)
- Steve Vladeck, President Obama’s Military Commissions (Monday, August 3)
- John Reed, Background Reading on Umm Sayyaf’s Transfer to Kurdish Authorities (Friday, August 7)
II. Surveillance & Privacy
- Jennifer Granick, The Dream of Internet Freedom Doesn’t Have to Die (Wednesday, August 5)
III. Defense Department Law of War Manual
- Joshua Berry, Guest Post: The DOD Law of War Manual Returns Hollow Point Bullets to Armed Conflict (Tuesday, August 4)
- Chris Jenks, Guest Post: A Missed Opportunity: DOD’s Law of War Manual & Applying Law as a Matter of Policy (Friday, August 7)
IV. Drones
- Laura Dickinson, Guest Post: Drones and Contractor Mission Creep (Wednesday, August 5)
V. Islamic State and Syria
- Michael Schmitt, It’s Complicated: The Nuance of Any US Effort to Defend Division 30 from Assad (Wednesday, August 5)
- Daphne Eviatar, Is al-Qaeda v Islamic State the Right Question? (Thursday, August 6)
VI.Women, Peace & Security
- Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Women, Peace and Security: A Review of the High Level Review (Thursday, August 6)
VII. Congressional Hearings
- Just Security, National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, August 3–7 (Monday, August 3)