When Can We Go To War and Who Decides?

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Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Few decisions a government can make are more consequential than deciding when the use of force is warranted. In the US a debate has raged for decades about how much latitude a president should have in making such decisions and what role Congress should play. Legal contortionism has turned congressional authorizations for the use of force in one circumstance into blank permissions slips still cited by president decades later. This week, the Congress has begun to reconsider these profoundly important issues and we are joined by experts Steve Pomper, formerly of the Obama NSC, and Oona Hathaway, professor at Yale Law School, as well as regular co-host Ryan Goodman, co-editor of Just Security and professor at NYU Law School for a discussion on what changes are needed and which are possible. Don't miss it. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.0	I'm David Rothkoff, your host, coming to you from New York City.
0:53.0	And this being the end of the week, also co-hosting with me, as always,
0:57.0	is Ryan Goodman of NYU Law School and Justice Security.
1:00.0	How are you doing today, Ryan?
1:02.0	We're doing well, David, thanks.
1:04.0	We're joined today by two special guests to discuss an important subject.
1:09.0	One is Steve Pomper, who's the interim chief of policy at the crisis group.
1:14.0	Prior to joining the crisis group, Steve was a special assistant to the president,
1:18.0	senior director for multilateral affairs, and human rights at the NSC
1:23.0	under President Obama in addition to a number of other senior jobs.
1:27.0	Thanks for joining us, Steve.
1:29.0	Glad to be here.
1:30.0	And also joining us is Ona Halfaway, who is the Gerard C.
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