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...makes two big arguments. One is that war has become much more of a legal institution over the last period, and secondly, that although law has gotten into the crevices of warfare in lots of different ways, that doesn’t mean that law only operates to restrain the use military force: law is also an enabler of military violence. And those of us who hope to see a more humanitarian approach to warfare need to understand the strengths and the weaknesses of using law to restrain conflict...
Although Allston will undeniably remain an organ of Harvard University, it is both physically and metaphorically an enormous departure for our august institution. Rather than artificially restrain it, it makes more sense to allow the new campus to pioneer Harvard’s future direction. That process begins with architecture that challenges old ideas and, perhaps more pragmatically, cooperates with its function...
...Still, while the U.S. in the coming weeks will remind the international community of its commitment to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, Tehran will be working just as hard to tempt the Security Council players to restrain Washington by offering a diplomatic path that averts confrontation...
...outside force can pacify Hizballah, what's the chance it will choose to restrain itself? Fighting Israel is the core of its politics, key not only to its self-definition but also to the arms, money and backing it gets from Syria and Iran and the support it gets inside Lebanon and elsewhere in the Arab world. "There's not enough money in the world for them to disarm, because it means giving up their major philosophy," says Miller. As part of efforts to normalize Lebanon earlier this year, Hizballah was engaging in a national dialogue with other parties...
...Washington has therefore insisted that there can be no going back to the status quo of three weeks ago, and that any truce must eliminate any ability for Hizballah to threaten Israel's northern border. Because Washington lacks engagement with the only regional players able to restrain Hizballah - Syria and Iran - Washington's prime leverage against the organization has been the Israeli military campaign...