Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Mar. 30-Apr. 3, 2026)

U.S.-Israel-Iran War

• In the U.S. Strike on an Iranian School, What a Serious Military Investigation Should Look Like
  by Annie Shiel and Priyanka Motaparthy
• Khamenei’s Killing and the Perilous Death of the Assassination Ban
  by Luca Trenta and Arturo Jimenez-Bacardi
• “Precision Strike Missiles” (PrSMs) in Iran War: The U.S. Obligation to Conduct a Legal Review of New Weapons
  by Michael W. Meier
• Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes
  by Tom Dannenbaum, Rebecca Hamilton, Adil Ahmad Haque, Oona A. Hathaway and Gabor Rona

Lebanon

• Washington Is Backing the Wrong Lebanon Strategy
  by Nadim Houry

Israel / Death Penalty

• Statement by Israeli International Law Scholars Concerning Israel’s New “Death Penalty for Terrorists” Law
  by Eliav Lieblich, Yael Ronen, Michal Saliternik and Yuval Shany

Russia-Ukraine War

• Iranian Officials’ Legal Liability in Russia’s Drone War on Ukraine
  by Celeste Kmiotek and Anastasiya Donets
• Ukraine’s Long-Term Landmine Problem
  by Brian Dooley and Suchita Uppal

Series: Syria in Transition

• Transitional Justice in Syria: Domestic-Led Accountability Efforts Cannot Function in Isolation
  by Rebecca Hamilton and Anya Neistat

Department of Homeland Security

• How Secretary Mullin Can Reform DHS
  by Mark Zaid and Andrew P. Bakaj

Emerging Technologies

• The Case for Imposing Costs on China’s AI Distillation Campaigns
  by Joe Khawam
• A Feasible Precaution Ignored: AI Targeting Algorithms and the Failure to Recognize Protected Emblems
  by Michael Loftus
• Global Governance of Emerging Technologies: Counterterrorism Challenges at the United Nations Security Council
  by David Scharia

FISA Section 702

• The Truth Behind Section 702 Query Statistics
  by Elizabeth Goitein and Hannah James
• A Response to the Brennan Center’s “Myths and Facts” on Section 702 Backdoor Searches
  by George Croner

United States / Arctic

• The Trump Administration Is Sabotaging Its Own Arctic Strategy
  by Michael Schiffer

Gender and Security

• What the Latest Session of the Commission on the Status of Women Reveals About Global Rights
  by Beth Van Schaack, Jessica Anania and Vicka Heidt

Counterterrorism

• The Financial Action Task Force: An Accountability Mechanism for the United States
  by Ashleigh Subramanian-Montgomery and Sarah Gardiner

Trump Executive Actions

• Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions (Updated)
  by Just Security
• A Survey of Sovereign Standing: Developments in State-Led Lawsuits Against the Federal Government
  by Bethany Davis Noll and Sofia DeSimone
• The Unconstitutionality of the Trump Administration’s New Executive Order on Elections
  by Chris Hardee

Piracy

• Where the Law Gets Thin: The Jurisdictional Gap Pirates Exploit
  by Saby Martinez