Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Dec. 9-13)

Syria

• Syrians’ Pursuit of Freedom and Self-Governance: Prioritizing a Locally-Driven and Incremental Approach to Constitutionalism
  by Deyaa Alrwishdi (@deyaa_alrwishdi) and Rebecca Hamilton (@bechamilton)

Israel-Hamas War

• The International Criminal Court’s Classification of Armed Conflicts in the Situation in Palestine
  by Adil Ahmad Haque (@AdHaque110)
• A Model Leahy Law Legal Memo on Assistance to Israeli Security Forces
  by Sarah Harrison
• Does the Int’l Criminal Court Impose Too Low a Standard of Proof to Arrest a Head of State?
  by Todd Buchwald and Charlie Trumbull

Georgia

• Georgia Risks Falling to a Violent One-Party Regime. The Biden Administration Must Act Now to Stop Its Slide
  by David J. Kramer and Ambassador (ret) Ian Kelly (@ikelly731)

Western Balkans

• Biden’s Unfinished Business: A Bridge to Shore Up a European Flank – in the Balkans
  by Kurt Bassuener (@KurtBassuener)

Immigration

• The Public Framing of Mass Deportation
  by Adam Cox (@adambcox) and Ryan Goodman

CIA / Havana Syndrome

• The Right Questions on Havana Syndrome and Where to Go from Here
  by James Petrilla

Africa / Sanctions

• The First Trump Administration Used Sanctions Effectively in Africa. Here’s How That Can Resume in the Second Term.
  by Brad Brooks-Rubin

Interpol / Reform

• Interpol General Assembly Inches Forward on Transparency, Still Needs Reform Strategy
  by Ted R. Bromund (@Bromund) and Sandra Grossman

Civil Society / Foreign Agent Laws

•  The Spreading Impact of Restrictive ‘Foreign Agent’ Laws and How to Stop Them 
  by Jasmine D. Cameron (@JasmineDCameron) and Fernanda G. Nicola

Climate

• What to Do If U.N. Climate Negotiations Fail to Phase Out Fossil Fuels?
  by Kirk Herbertson (@KirkHerbertson)