Gabriel C. Lajeunesse writes and researches on topics related to international criminal law, the Middle East and national security policy. Lieutenant Colonel Gabriel C. Lajeunesse is the Commander of Detachment 206, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. He serves as the focal point for criminal and counterintelligence activities supporting the US Air Force and the Department of Defense in southern Nevada. As a career Special Agent for the AFOSI, Lt Col Lajeunesse has investigated domestic and transnational crimes affecting US national security interests, to include international terrorism and illegal technology transfer. He has previously commanded units at Incirlik AB, Turkey, Tallil AB, Iraq and Hill AFB, Utah. Lt Col Lajeunesse has served as a policy planner on Middle East issues for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. Lt Col Lajeunesse is a native of New Hampshire and was commissioned from the Air Force ROTC program at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Lt Col Lajeunesse is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, (1993) and has been awarded a Masters degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the Naval Postgraduate School (2000) and a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown University Law Center (2008). He is a term member at the Council on Foreign Relations. Website: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gclajeunesse
International Law
Detainee Photographs: United States Department of Defense v. American Civil Liberties Union, and the Protected National Security Documents Act of 2009, International Lawyer (2010)
Reviews changes to FOIA and the expanded national security exception as a result of ACLU...
In Search of Justice: Increasing the Risk of Business with State Sponsors of Terror, Michigan Law Review, First Impressions (2009)
If the aims of tort law are deterrence, compensation, and provision of equitable distribution of...
Francis Gates v. Syrian Arab Republic, 2008 WL 4367284 (D.D.C. 2008), The International Lawyer (2009)
On September 26, 2008, Judge Rosemary M. Collyer, U.S. District Court for the District of...
Policy Options for the Obama Administration: The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act as a Tool Against State Sponsors of Terrorism (with Steve Perles), 22nd Gustov Sokol Program on Private International Law : Human Rights Litigation on US Courts; University of Virginia Law School (2009)
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, as amended in 2008, may provide an exploitable policy lever...
Crimes Against Humanity in Iraq: The Case Against Iran, The Open Law Journal (2009)
Sectarian violence in Iraq decreased significantly, but a lack of justice for the victims could...
Middle East Policy
The War of Ideas Revisited, Small Wars Journal (2011)
We need to reintroduce the War of Ideas into our policy lexicon and recognize that...
Iran and the Myth of Deterrence, Huffington Post (2010)
The real issue isn't whether Iran can be deterred from the use or transfer of...
Countering Iranian Malign Influence: The Need for a Regional Response (with William Wunderle), American Diplomacy (2009)
Abstract: The behavior and the policies pursued by Iran ’ s current leadership pose profound...
Iran's other ticking time bomb (with William Wunderle), Haaretz (2009)
As the new American administration completes its review of strategy vis-a-vis Iran, policymakers would be...
National Security Policy
The Arab Spring and the Illusion of a Pragmatic Approach to Foreign Policy, Huffington Post (2011)
If we continue to pursue "pragmatic" approaches in the moment, rather than truly pragmatic approaches...
Radicalization in the Homeland—the Need for Community Partnership and Education, UNLV Institute for Security Studies (2010)
By educating our citizenry on the process and signs of radicalization we encourage early detection...
Towards a Fiscally and Politically Solvent Counterterrorism Strategy, Huffington Post (2010)
Law enforcement, intelligence and special operations approaches to terrorism are more efficient and effective than...
Mr. Obama’s Pitch to NATO (with Michael Barton), Harvard International Review Blog (2009)
A counterinsurgency strategy for Af-Pak.
National Security Challenges Will Require Undaunted Leadership (with William Wunderle), The Hoya (2009)
Discussing the need for increased leadership at the National Security Council.