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January 03, 2026 Associated Press

Capture of Maduro and U.S. Claim That It Will Run Venezuela Raise New Legal Questions

Areas of Study: Administrative Law and Public Policy; International and Comparative Law; National Security and Privacy
Topics: Matthew C. Waxman; Homepage

January 03, 2026 MS NOW

Secret Memo, Public Strikes: Trump’s Venezuela Gambit Tests War Powers

Areas of Study: Administrative Law and Public Policy; International and Comparative Law; Litigation and Dispute Resolution
Topics: Matthew C. Waxman; National Security Law Program; Centers and Programs

January 03, 2026 Los Angeles Times

U.S. Capture of Maduro in Venezuela Criticized as Violation of International, U.S. Law

Areas of Study: Administrative Law and Public Policy; International and Comparative Law; National Security and Privacy
Topics: Matthew C. Waxman

January 03, 2026 Reuters

Was the U.S. Capture of Venezuela’s President Legal?

Areas of Study: Administrative Law and Public Policy; Constitutional Law; National Security and Privacy
Topics: Matthew C. Waxman

December 05, 2025 The New York Times

Video of Boat Strike Shows Survivors Waving Before Fatal Follow-Up Attack

Areas of Study: Administrative Law and Public Policy; National Security and Privacy
Topics: Matthew C. Waxman

December 01, 2025 Associated Press

Experts Explain What the Law Says About Killing Survivors of a Boat Strike

Areas of Study: International and Comparative Law; National Security and Privacy
Topics: Matthew C. Waxman

October 08, 2025 Bloomberg Law Podcast

Boat Strikes

Areas of Study: Administrative Law and Public Policy; International and Comparative Law; National Security and Privacy
Topics: Matthew C. Waxman; National Security Law Program; Centers and Programs; Podcast

October 07, 2025 Council on Foreign Relations

Armed Conflict? Trump’s Venezuela Boat Strikes Test U.S. Law

Areas of Study: Administrative Law and Public Policy
Topics: Matthew C. Waxman; Opinion; Homepage

October 02, 2025 Associated Press

Trump Says U.S. Is in ‘Armed Conflict’ With Drug Cartels After Ordering Strikes in the Caribbean

Areas of Study: Administrative Law and Public Policy; International and Comparative Law; National Security and Privacy
Topics: Matthew C. Waxman; National Security Law Program; Centers and Programs; Homepage

September 30, 2025 The President’s Inbox | Council on Foreign Relations

The Legality of Trump’s Drug-Boat Strikes

Areas of Study: International and Comparative Law; National Security and Privacy
Topics: Matthew C. Waxman; Podcast; Homepage