Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Nov. 4-8)

Emerging Technology

• The United States Must Win The Global Open Source AI Race 
  by Keegan McBridge (@KeeganMcB) and Dean W. Ball (@deanwball)
• What’s to Stop Algorithm-Driven Recruiters From Rejecting Able Federal Workers With Neuro-Divergent Disabilities?
  by Aliya Sternstein
• The Trump Administration Must Make Quantum Technology a Priority in the First 100 Days
  by Sam Howell (@Sam_Howell15)

U.S. Elections

• Top 10 Election Litigation Cases in 2024 Implicating the Rule of Law
  by Norman L. Eisen (@NormEisen), Samara Angel (@Samara_Angel_) and Clare Boone
• Election 2024 Real-Time Litigation Tracker
  by Norman L. Eisen (@NormEisen), Joyce Vance (@JoyceWhiteVance), Samara Angel (@Samara_Angel_), Clare Boone and Madison Gee

Abu Ghraib

• Abu Ghraib Dejà Vu
  by Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Stephen N. Xenakis, MD

Syria / Transitional Justice

• Assessing Amnesties and Re-assimilation in Northeast Syria
  by Roger Lu Phillips, Alan Haji and Judi Aldalati

Defense Production Reform

• How to Fix the Defense Production Act Committee
  by Joel Dodge

Kyrgyzstan / Civil Society

• Journalist in Exile Laments Kyrgyzstan Crackdown, Now Extending to His 12-Year-Old Son
  by Bolot Temirov (@vahoel)

Africa / Human Rights

• A Historic Day for Older People and Human Rights Across Africa
  by Elie Mugabowishema and Jane Buchanan

Climate Security

• Don’t Ignore the Security Risks of Climate Change Because of “Uncertainty”
  by Tom Ellison

Rule of Law / DOJ

• A Review of Donald Trump’s Appellate Brief, and Amicus Briefs, Concerning the Appointment of Jack Smith as Special Counsel
  by Marty Lederman (@marty_lederman)

Podcast: Ecocide

• The Just Security Podcast: Could Ecocide Become a New International Crime?
  Paras Shah (@pshah518) interview with Naima Te Maile Fifita, Rebecca Hamilton (@bechamilton) and Kate Mackintosh (@Katemackintosh2)