{"id":5058,"date":"2019-04-01T13:29:42","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T17:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harvardnsj.journalshls.wpengine.com\/?page_id=5058"},"modified":"2025-12-07T18:45:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T23:45:37","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-7898\" style=\"max-width: 1200px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-7898 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-bitono\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Homepage Slider\" data-height=\"500\" data-width=\"1200\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_7898\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_7898\">\n            <ul aria-live='off' class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-7899 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2025-08-27 10:08:35\" data-filename=\"AdobeStock_200901645-edited-scaled-1200x500.jpeg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2025\/12\/AdobeStock_200901645-edited-scaled.jpeg?resize=1200%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" height=\"500\" width=\"1200\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-7898 slide-7899 msDefaultImage\" title=\"US Marines in action. 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US soldier. US Army. The United States Armed Force\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"><div style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"font-size:25px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2025\/12\/Maurer_17-Harv.-Natl-Sec.-J.-1-2025.pdf\"><strong><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;\" xml:lang=\"en\">The Generals' Constitution In Extremis: Civil Rights, Civilian Supremacy, and a National Security Commitment \"Most Severely Tested\"\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull homepage-column is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);flex-basis:70%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\"><strong>Main<\/strong> Edition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-constrained wp-block-query-is-layout-constrained\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8102 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-main-articles category-volume-17\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/2025\/12\/the-generals-constitution-in-extremis-civil-rights-civilian-supremacy-and-a-national-security-commitment-most-severely-tested\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Generals\u2019 Constitution In Extremis: Civil Rights, Civilian Supremacy, And A National Security Commitment \u201cMost Severely Tested\u201d<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-03T17:00:00-05:00\">December 3, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Dan Maurer*[This essay is available in PDF at\u00a0this link] Abstract This article describes the legal confusion that surfaces when a senior military commander dissents from, disobeys, or more offensively defies an apparently lawful order from the commander-in-chief to use force in ways that might check, curb, frustrate, or violate the constitutional liberties of the domestic&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2f0f0;color:#f2f0f0\" \/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8101 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-main-articles category-volume-17\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/2025\/12\/techno-federalism-how-regulatory-fragmentation-shapes-the-u-s-china-ai-race\/\" target=\"_self\" >Techno-Federalism: How Regulatory Fragmentation Shapes the U.S.-China AI Race<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-03T17:00:00-05:00\">December 3, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Jason Jia-Xi Wu*1[This essay is available in PDF at\u00a0this link] Abstract The United States and China are engaged in a regulatory arms race over artificial intelligence (AI). Yet, existing debates often overlook a critical factor shaping this AI race: federalism, or the division of regulatory authority between central and local governments. In the United States,&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2f0f0;color:#f2f0f0\" \/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8100 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-main-articles category-volume-17\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/2025\/12\/violent-vicious-and-fast-lsco-lawyering-and-the-transformation-of-american-ihl\/\" target=\"_self\" >\u201cViolent, Vicious, and Fast\u201d: LSCO Lawyering and the Transformation of American IHL<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-03T17:00:00-05:00\">December 3, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Naz Khatoon Modirzadeh*[This essay is available in PDF at\u00a0this link] Abstract In this Article, I examine a phenomenon unfolding within the United States\u2019s military legal establishment: an effort by a segment of military lawyers to define how the law of armed conflict (LOAC) applies to the wars they anticipate fighting in the future. At the&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2f0f0;color:#f2f0f0\" \/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8086 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-main-articles category-volume-17\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/2025\/12\/volume-17-issue-1\/\" target=\"_self\" >Volume 17, Issue 1<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-12-03T15:30:40-05:00\">December 3, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Articles \u201cViolent, Vicious, and Fast\u201d: LSCO Lawyering and the Transformation of American IHL By Naz Khatoon Modirzadeh In this Article, I examine a phenomenon unfolding within the United States\u2019s military legal establishment: an effort by a segment of military lawyers to define how the law of armed conflict (LOAC) applies to the wars they anticipate&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2f0f0;color:#f2f0f0\" \/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-8048 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-main-articles category-volume-16\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/2025\/11\/volume-16-issue-2\/\" target=\"_self\" >Volume 16, Issue 2<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-11-03T18:27:12-05:00\">November 3, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Articles Starving the Beast: A New Vetting Model to Prevent Corruption in International Security Sector Assistance By Nahal Kazemi In 2021, the United States government identified countering corruption as a core national security interest for the first time. However, corrupt police and military forces supported by the United States in countries including Iraq, Afghanistan, and&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f2f0f0;color:#f2f0f0\" \/>\n\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-7667 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-featured category-main-articles category-volume-16\">\n<h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;text-decoration:none;\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/nsj\/2025\/06\/starving-the-beast-a-new-vetting-model-to-prevent-corruption-in-international-security-sector-assistance\/\" target=\"_self\" >Starving the Beast: A New Vetting Model to Prevent Corruption in International Security Sector Assistance<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:600;text-transform:uppercase;\" class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2025-06-05T01:48:55-04:00\">June 5, 2025<\/time><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Nahal Kazemi* [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Abstract In 2021, the United States government identified countering corruption as a core national security interest for the first time. 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