Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Mar. 8-13, 2026)

U.S.-Israel-Iran War

• Iran, War Powers, and the Power of the Purse: Leverage or Legalization
  by Brian Finucane
• Aggression, Plain and Simple: A Response to Shany and Cohen on the Attack on Iran
  by Tom Dannenbaum and Rebecca Hamilton
• Sinking Iran’s Frigate IRIS Dena and the Law of Naval Warfare
  by Michael Schmitt and Elizabeth Hutton
• Operation Epic Fury: Reports of the Death of International Law are Greatly Exaggerated
  by Kenneth Watkin
• The Illegality of Israel’s Military Campaign in Lebanon
  by Adil Ahmad Haque
• Iranian Attacks on the Amazon Data Centers: A Legal Analysis
  by Klaudia Klonowska and Michael Schmitt

U.S. Lethal Strikes / Drug Trafficking

• Did the United States Just Bomb Ecuador?
  by Brian Finucane

Sudan

• Report Offers New Evidence of Starvation Crimes in Darfur
  by Tom Dannenbaum and Oona A. Hathaway

Epstein Files

• Epstein and His Co-Conspirators’ New York Crimes: What NY Officials Can Now Do
  by Ryan Goodman

AI Governance

• Grok Showed the World What Ungoverned AI Looks Like
  by Cyrus Hodes
• AI is the New Plastics. Can We Govern it Better?
  by Caroline Baxter

Symposium: Updated ICRC Commentary

• Technology and the ICRC’s GC IV 2025 Commentary
  by Michael Schmitt

United Nations

• The Crimes Against Humanity Treaty Advances with First Preparatory Committee
  by Leila Nadya Sadat and Akila Radhakrishnan

Anti-Corruption Series

• A Year Later – What Did the Pause on FCPA Enforcement Do?
  by Richard Nephew

Military Justice

• Military Law on “Contemptuous Words” Should be Reformed
  by Eugene R. Fidell, Steven J. Lepper and William D. Baumgartner

Counterextremism

• Collection: Just Security’s Counterextremism Initiative
  by Tom Joscelyn

Trump Executive Actions

• Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions (Updated)
  by Just Security
• How Trump’s New Global Gag Rules Will Undermine US Interests Abroad
  by Ari Shaw and Laurel Sprague