David B. Rivkin, Jr.

Essays

Security

Family Feud: The Law in War and Peace

| 05.01.07

American law treats terrorism like an act of war, not a crime. The fact that Europeans don’t doesn’t make their way better.

Security

Double-Red-Crossed

| 03.01.05

The International Committee of the Red Cross strains at the gnat of American unilateralism and swallows the camel of terrorist atrocities. Stop applauding.

Security

Averting an Iraq Syndrome

| 06.01.04

As "senior" members of the foreign policy establishment, Abramowitz's and General Odom's calls for withdrawal from Iraq deserve consideration. But they they are unconvincing, Rivkin writes.

Security

Leashing the Dogs of War

| 09.01.03

With regard to the laws of war, the United States and Europe now operate under completely different legal codes.

Society

The Rocky Shoals of International Law

| 12.01.00

International law is rapidly evolving a direction thaat threatens American sovereignty. With careful attention, however, the United States can mold the law to its advantage.

Reviews

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Unsage Advice

| 04.25.08

With the campaign season heating up, David Rivkin says that new books by Madeleine Albright and Zbigniew Brzezinski might not provide the soundest advice.

Commentary

Security

America, Europe and the War on Terror: Where is the Threat?

| 07.23.03

Since the fall of Baghdad, transatlantic debate continues unabated.

Security

Saddam, Nikita and Virtual Weapons of Mass Destruction:A Question of Threat Perception and Intelligence Assessment

| 06.11.03

The threat posed by Iraq's WMD programs was a key American justification for launching Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Security

War and the Law

| 03.26.03

As the military campaign in Iraq continues, United States and other Coalition forces have scrupulously followed the applicable requirements of the laws and customs of war--despite the charges levied by the Iraqi leadership.

Security

A Response: Hassner's 'Friendly Questions' and the War on Terrorism

| 12.11.02

Pierre Hassner's "friendly questions" (In the National Interest, December 4, 2002) are indeed mostly friendly and reflect the sentiments of one of Europe's most preeminent defense intellectuals, but deserve a friendly rejoinder.

Security

A House Divided? War, Extradition, and the Atlantic Alliance, PART II

| 10.09.02

 The war on terrorism is not simply the disruption of terrorist plots and the detention of suspects.

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