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![A Bad Idea: Using the 2001 AUMF as Legal Rationale for Striking ISIS A Bad Idea: Using the 2001 AUMF as Legal Rationale for Striking ISIS](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-03-11_22-27-43.jpg)
A Bad Idea: Using the 2001 AUMF as Legal Rationale for Striking ISIS
By Ankit Panda
The Obama administration doesn't have the strongest legal footing to go to war against ISIS in Iraq.
![Will the U.S. Defend Japan? More of a Definite Maybe Will the U.S. Defend Japan? More of a Definite Maybe](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-08-19_05-42-44.jpg)
Will the U.S. Defend Japan? More of a Definite Maybe
By Paul Sracic
Recent history ought to teach us the dangers of assuming a ‘slam dunk.’
![Syria and the Capping of Executive War Powers Syria and the Capping of Executive War Powers](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/sizes/thumbnail/19444_5280ad97b7802.jpg)
Syria and the Capping of Executive War Powers
By Robert E. Kelly
Syria may have been a bridge too far for untrammeled executive war powers. That’s good for democracy.
![Does the President Have the Power to Protect US Allies? Does the President Have the Power to Protect US Allies?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sizes/thumbnail/power-to-protect-us-allies.jpg)
Does the President Have the Power to Protect US Allies?
Obama going to Congress on Syria raises questions about America’s commitments to allies in Asia.
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