Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Apr. 12-17, 2026)

U.S.-Israel-Iran War

• Mined and Blockaded: Iran’s Unlawful Mining and the U.S. Port Blockade
  by Mark Nevitt
• The International Legal Consequences and Imprudence of U.S. Assistance to Kurdish Rebels in Iran
  by Sanmay Moitra
• In Response to the Letter by International Law Experts
  by Geoffrey S. Corn, Dick Jackson, Chris Jenks and Michael W. Meier

Sudan War

• The Just Security Podcast: Sudan Enters Its Fourth Year of Civil War 
  Viola Gienger interview with Quscondy Abdulshafi
• Fleeing Sudan’s War: Refugees Detail Three Years of Trauma
  by Jehanne Henry

Series: Syria in Transition

• An Urgent Call to Break the Cycle of Division and Exclusion in Syria
  by Deyaa Alrwishdi

Hungary Election

• The Just Security Podcast: Hungary After Orban
  Viola Gienger interview with Zsuzsanna Végh

FISA Section 702

• Bogus “Antifa” Designations and FBI Warrantless Access to Americans’ Communications
  by Ryan Goodman
• Is the Government Using Counterterrorism Surveillance Tools to Surveil American Companies?
  by Patrick G. Eddington

Tech Governance

• Cisco’s Real Stakes: Digitally Aiding and Abetting Mass Atrocities
  by Harold Hongju Koh
• Africa’s AI Strategies Cannot Say No
  by Samuel W. Ugwumba

Trump Executive Actions

• Some Questions for Congress About Trump’s Request for Funding for the Board of Peace
  by Michael Mattler
• The Trump Administration’s Fraud Problem
  by Reed Shaw
• Separating Fact from Fiction in FACE Act Enforcement
  by Regan Rush and Megan Marks
• Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions (Updated)
  by Just Security

U.S. Military

• The Constitution’s Forgotten Term Limit on Military Power
  by Matthew B. Lawrence and Mark Nevitt

U.S. Boat Strikes

• Timeline of Boat Strikes and Related Actions (Updated)
  by Jeremy Chin, Margaret Lin, Aidan Arasasingham and Marie Miller

Foreign Investment

• The Missing Convener: NSC’s Diminished Role and the Future of U.S. Investment Security
  by Eric S. Johnson

Presidential Records

• The Presidential Records Act is Constitutional
  by Christopher Fonzone

Mexico / Enforced Disappearances

• Widespread and Systematic Disappearances in Mexico: An Urgent Call for UN Action Under the Convention on Enforced Disappearances
  by Hélène Tigroudja

Azerbaijan / Civil Society

• 1,000 Days and Counting: A Father, A Professor, and a Government That Won’t Let Go
  by Emin Bayramli