Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Apr. 25-May 1, 2026)

U.S.-Israel-Iran War

• At the 60-Day Mark, the Iran War is Triply Illegal
  by Tess Bridgeman and Oona A. Hathaway
• Five “Blockades” and One Legal Problem: Naval Enforcement in the U.S.–Iran Conflict
  by Mark Nevitt

U.S.-Cuba

• The United States-Cuba Oil Embargo and International Law
  by Rob McLaughlin and Michael Schmitt

U.S. Boat Strikes

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

U.S. Military

• Legal Foundations of Honorable Military Service
  by Daniel Maurer, Steven J. Lepper and Eugene R. Fidell

Transatlantic Relations

• The Unraveling of the North Atlantic Bargain
  by Jackson Janes and Markus Ziener

Mali

• Insurgent Offensive in Mali Exposes the Deficiencies of Junta-led Security in the Sahel
  by Lesley Anne Warner

U.S. Political Violence

• To Counter Rising Political Violence, America Needs to Reinforce Its Early Warning Infrastructure
  by Sam Jones

DOJ Indictment

• The Poverty of the DOJ Indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center
  by Andrew Weissmann

Anti-Corruption Series

• Pioneering Plunder: How to Stop Modern Profiteering in Public Office
  by Abigail Bellows

FISA Section 702

• Fool’s Gold: Speaker Johnson’s Section 702 proposal would place no limits on backdoor searches
  by Elizabeth Goitein and Hannah James

ICE and CBP Operations

• Apply the Minnesota Protocol to ICE’s Summary Executions
  by Todd Howland

Tech Governance

• NIST Can’t Keep Up. The Whole Digital Ecosystem Will Soon Feel It.
  by Joe Toomey
• The Governance Gap Mythos Exposed—And How to Address It
  by Mariana Olaizola Rosenblat
• The Oral Argument in Cisco
  by William S. Dodge

Crimes Against Humanity

• How to Acknowledge Forced Marriage as a Standalone Crime in the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty
  by Natalia Seco García and Valerie Oosterveld

Trump Executive Actions

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