Organizations and Resources Network

Through its varied programs, the Center endeavors to further professional and public understanding of such important issues as 1)the separation of constitutional powers including war powers, the making and interpretation of treaties and other international agreements, and the oversight of intelligence activities; 2) international and domestic legal constraints on the use of force in international relations, including case studies of specific conflicts such as those in Indochina, Central America, Afghanistan, the Gulf, Iraq, and the "war on terror"; 3) national and international legal issues raised by the struggle against international terrorism, including the use of civil litigation in the "war on terror"; 4) promotion of democracy and the rule of law, including analysis of democracies/non-democracies and a propensity of nations to initiate aggressive wars; 5) legal aspects of National Security issues involving arms control, the International Court of Justice and other means of international dispute resolution, and legal constraints on the foreign transfer of technology and information with national security implications; 6) Incentive Theory as a new paradigm in foreign and national security policy.