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Truly Universal Franchise (Or, A World Wanting to Vote)

Monday November 5, 2012

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by Peter Spiro As everyone gets a little weary form the blizzard of last-week polls in the lead-up to the election itself, it’s not surprising that pollsters have widened their scope to measure the preferences of non-Americans outside the United States. The result: overwhelming for Obama. (The only country in which Romney bests Obama is Pakistan. [...]

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Could Americans Abroad Decide the Election?

Friday November 2, 2012

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by Peter Spiro I subscribe to the new conventional wisdom that Tuesday’s result won’t be close, but who knows? If it is, there’s always the chance that U.S. citizens living outside the United States will cast the deciding votes. Non-resident U.S. citizens are entitled under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to cast absentee [...]

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Global FEMA?

Wednesday October 31, 2012

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by Peter Spiro Okay, only as thought experiment, prompted by this week’s experience with Hurricane Sandy. There seem to be two major justifications for a national disaster relief apparatus (a surprisingly recent innovation — think Carter era, not New Deal). First are the economies of scale: money and expertise. A small state may not have [...]

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The Election and International Law: Silence May Be Golden

Tuesday October 23, 2012

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by Peter Spiro Let’s just say international law was not a fulcrum in last night’s debate. It’s not like the topic was being discriminated against — many important topics were ignored.  (Among them the Eurozone crisis, climate change, NATO, anything much of Asia beyond China, Mexico or Canada.)  Bob Scheiffer asked a question about drones, [...]

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Remembering Abe Chayes on the Cuban Missile Crisis

Monday October 22, 2012

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by Peter Spiro With all the 50th anniversary retrospectives, seems like a good time to revisit Abram Chayes’ foreign relations law classic, The Cuban Missile Crisis: International Crises and the Role of Law. It’s a slim volume, a good primer on the legal aspects of the crisis. The quarantine decision might seem legally anodyne to [...]

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