Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Apr. 19-24, 2026)

U.S.-Israel-Iran War

• A Primer on Just War Theory and the Iran War
  by Michael Schmitt
• On Ambassador Waltz’s Defense of Potential Law of War Violations in Iran Conflict
  by Michael Schmitt, Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman
• On the State Department Memorandum “Operation Epic Fury and International Law”
  by Brian Finucane

Russia-Ukraine War

• Ukrainian Children Under Russian Control: Why Tracing, Return, Reintegration, and Justice Must Be Addressed Together
  by Kateryna Rashevska

Reflections on International Law

• Remarks of Incoming ASIL President Oona Hathaway
  by Oona A. Hathaway
• The International Rule of Law: A Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting
  by David Matyas

FISA Section 702

• Former FBI General Counsel Weissmann on FISA Reforms
  Ryan Goodman interview with Andrew Weissmann

Immigration

• Improvidently Granted: The Sleeper Supreme Court Case Affecting the Rights of 12.8 Million Green Card Holders
  by Nancy Morawetz

Counterterrorism

• In the U.N.’s Counterterrorism Strategy Review, the Imperative of Global South Civil Society Participation
  by Ambika Satkunanathan

Bosnia

• Bosnian Serb Secessionists Wield Islamophobia to Gain International Support for Their Cause
  by Ben Gerstein

Georgia

• The Fatal Flaws in Georgia’s National Police Modernization
  by Giorgi Meladze and Tamar Gamkrelidze

Tech Governance

• The Meta Oversight Board’s Advisory Opinion on Global Community Notes Rollout: Another Check on Platform Power?
  by Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew and Maria O’Sullivan
• Cybersecurity Meets Geopolitics at Top EU Court
  by Patryk Pawlak

U.S. Boat Strikes

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

Trump Executive Actions

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