Charli Carpenter

Charli Carpenter is a professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Stories by Charli Carpenter
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the situation with Iran in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington on Jan. 8.

Assassination, Extrajudicial Execution, or Targeted Killing—What’s the Difference?
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A 2-year-old Honduran asylum-seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border in McAllen, Texas, on June 12.

Trump’s Asylum Policies—and the Troops Who Enforce Them—Are Breaking the Law
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An F-16CJ flies over the Eglin land range as the pilot releases a GBU-31 2,000-pound Joint Direct Attack Munition during a test mission on Feb. 25, 2003.

Americans Want Their Leaders to Obey the Laws of War
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A Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons poster from the 1980s.

Nuclear Disarmament’s Lessons for Climate Change.
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Daenerys aims her dragon at King’s Landing in HBO's Game of Thrones.

‘Game of Thrones,’ War Crimes, and the American Conscience
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In Global Leadership Void on Pandemic, Critics Ask: Where’s Pompeo?

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