Scott R. Anderson

Scott R. Anderson is a fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a Senior Fellow in the National Security Law Program at Columbia Law School. He previously served as an Attorney-Adviser in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State and as the legal advisor for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.

Articles by Scott R. Anderson

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at a rally at the University of South Carolina in Columbia on Feb. 29.

Executive Power After Trump

Argument

Scott R. Anderson

November 6, 2020, 8:23 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump with a proclaimation that the U.S. government will formally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on December 6, 2017. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s Jerusalem Policy Is More Ambiguous Than It Seems

Lawfare

Scott R. Anderson

December 11, 2017, 3:18 PM

The U.S. embassy building in Tel Aviv on Dec. 28, 2016. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)

How to Move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem

Lawfare

Scott R. Anderson, Yishai Schwartz

November 30, 2017, 5:58 PM

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