In her latest Justia blog post, Professor Lesley Wexler provides an overview of the Defense Department's policy change on cluster munitions and more importantly, why it matters. She provides a general background on cluster munitions, outlines the changes under the new policy (as well as what remains the same), and discusses potential outcomes. She writes:

"Viewing this change in policy position on cluster munitions from an even greater vantage point, one might discern a larger pattern of the Trump administration’s exit from existing and emerging international practices it considers at odds with an America-first approach. This is a significant departure also from the prior administration’s internationalist stance. I suggest this new policy might be viewed as part and parcel with the high-profile withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement, the partisan withdrawal from UNESCO, and most recently, the withdrawal from United Nations migrant and refugee pact."

Full post at verdict.justia.com