Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Feb. 22-Mar. 1, 2025)

Russia-Ukraine War

• Trump Administration’s Mixed Signals on Russia and Ukraine May Reflect Internal Strategic Clash
  by Ambassador Daniel Fried
• The Voices from Kyiv: Is the World Legal Order in Decay?
  Ukrainian translation: Голоси з Києва: чи це епоха руйнування світового правопорядку? 
  by Maksym Vishchyk and Jeremy Pizzi
• Ukrainian and International Legal Scholars Reflect on Ukraine, Three Years On
  by Just Security

Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions (Updated)

• Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
  by Just Security

Trump Executive Actions / Series: What Just Happened

• What Just Happened: Musk-OPM Send Email to Federal Employees Asking for Five Accomplishments
  by Nicholas Bednar

Trump Executive Actions / Analysis & Perspectives

• The Trump Administration Cannot Use Award Terms and Conditions to Impound Funds
  by Daniel Jacobson
• Trump’s China Tariff Now Treats Hong Kong the Same as the Mainland, a First in US Policy
  by Michael Schiffer and Anka Lee
• The Racial Twist in Trump’s Cutoff of Refugee Admissions
  by Bill Frelick
• The President’s Declassification Power is a Double-Edged Sword
  by Brian O’Neill

Trump Administration / Surveillance Oversight

• “Fired” Member of U.S. Privacy Oversight Board Discusses What He Considers at Stake
  by Justin Hendrix

Alien Enemies Act

• What to Read on the Alien Enemies Act
  by Just Security

U.S. Military

• How the Pentagon Personnel Firings Threaten Our Apolitical Military
  by Mark Nevitt
• No, the Defense Department Did Not “Ignore” a Judicial Order in 1973 Cambodia Bombing Case
  by Burt Neuborne

Syria

• In a New Era for Syria, States Must Take Responsibility for Their Islamic State-Affiliated Prisoners and Families
  by Beatrice Eriksson

Sanctions

• To Support Peace Efforts, the West Needs a Coordinated Way to Effectively Reduce Sanctions
  by Stephen J. Fallon and George A. Lopez

New York / Corruption

• Why the Rule of Law Depends on an Evidentiary Hearing in Mayor Eric Adams’ Case
  by Andrew Weissmann

U.S. Supreme Court

• Supreme Court Narrows the FSIA’s Expropriation Exception (Again)
  by William S. Dodge

Turkey / Kurdistan

• Turkey, PKK Make New Peace Overtures Amid Regional Shifts and Possible Erdogan Power Play
  by Fuad Shahbazov

Emerging Technology

• Export Controls on Open-Source Models Will Not Win the AI Race
  by Claudia Wilson and Emmie Hine
• Human Rights and Democracy in the Quantum Age
  by Maya Recanati