As it stands, the power to commit Australian troops to war is with the executive government. But many think it should be done with parliamentary vote.
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Congress has a legal, constitutional and even moral responsibility to assert itself as a branch when it comes to military actions by the US, says an expert on war powers.
Among the top three priorities is addressing the gravest crisis of our time: Gaza.
Against the backdrop of US attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, a scholar of presidential powers examines the history and current use of the laws around US military action.
Both President Trump and President Obama used military force without informing Congress, or getting its approval. But the differences reveal more than the similarities.
The wars in Syria and Iraq are products of secretive decision-making by the executive. Their disastrous consequences are evidence of the need for war powers reform.
With the announcement of Australia’s involvement in dropping aid to Kurdish fighters engaged against Islamic State extremists in northern Iraq, questions have again arisen about who should control Australia’s…
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology; Institute for Humane Studies
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Professor of Politics, University of Sydney
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor of Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW
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Director of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, The University of Queensland
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Lecturer in War Studies, UNSW