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Melinda Haas

Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh

Melinda Haas is Assistant Professor of International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh. Haas studies law and international security, with her current research focusing on how congressional regulation can have unintended effects on the types of covert action used in U.S. foreign policy. Her other research interests include foreign policy decision-making, intelligence and secrecy, as well as international and constitutional law. She is also interested in archival work in qualitative and mixed-method research.
Melinda Haas is Assistant Professor of International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh. Haas studies law and international security, with her current research focusing on how congressional regulation can have unintended effects on the types of covert action used in U.S. foreign policy. Her other research interests include foreign policy decision-making, intelligence and secrecy, as well as international and constitutional law. She is also interested in archival work in qualitative and mixed-method research.
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How a little-known Trump directive reshaped the government's counterterrorism approach

COMMENTARY | A presidential national security memorandum has become the framework for investigations and prosecutions that critics say raise new questions about executive power and civil liberties.

  • Melinda Haas, The Conversation
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