Reiss Center on Law and Security

2025 Year in Review

Highlights from our work this year.

The Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas Part IV

The Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas Part IV

We co-hosted The Just Security Podcast to break down the latest developments and legal theories behind the U.S. military's lethal boat strikes.

Book Talk: The Double Black Box

Book Talk: The Double Black Box

A book talk on artificial intelligence and national security with Ashley Deeks, in conversation with Beth George '10.

War Powers Resolution Reporting Project

War Powers Resolution Reporting Project

Check out our original research on the War Powers Resolution.

In the News

For the Washington Post, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman and Non-Resident Senior Fellow Rebecca Ingber unpack the Trump administration’s reinterpreted definition of “designated terrorist organization” and the reasonable certainty standard in the lethal strikes campaign against alleged narcotics traffickers.

Non-Resident Senior Fellow Rebecca Ingber contributes the chapter “War Powers, the ‘Deep State,’ and Insurrection” to Checking the Costs of War, a timely edited volume on potential domestic constraints on use of American military force abroad.

For Just Security, Faculty Co-Director Ryan Goodman and Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar Tess Bridgeman, together with Michael Schmitt, update their expert answers to the most pressing legal questions surrounding the U.S.’ lethal maritime strikes against alleged narcotics traffickers.