Just Security’s Holiday Schedule

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October 8, 2018

Just Security will be on an abbreviated schedule for the federal holiday. If any major, time-sensitive developments occur, we will do our best to address them. 

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The State of Play with US-Iran and How We Got Here: Q&A with Laura Rozen

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Journalist Watchlist Raises Specter of Civil Rights-Era Secret Surveillance

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U.S. Cyber Command, Russia and Critical Infrastructure: What Norms and Laws Apply?

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Open Memo 2: The Impeachment Roadmap from 1974 to 2020

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Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (June 10-14)

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To Congress: If Russians Seek to Provide Dirt, Make it a Requirement to Report!

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Defense Policy Bill Should Require Reporting of Ex Gratia Payments

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Marik String Appointment as State Department’s Top Lawyer Raises Questions

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What’s In the New Draft National Defense Authorization Act

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Unfinished Business: What Mueller Didn’t Cover, But Congress Can

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Focusing on Armed Non-State Actors: Protecting Education in Armed Conflict

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Estonia Speaks Out on Key Rules for Cyberspace

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Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (June 3-7)

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The Next Wave of Congressional Subpoena Litigation: Oversight Power vs. Executive Privilege

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An “Emergency” Arms Deal: Will Congress Acquiesce in Another Blow to Its Authority?

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EXCLUSIVE: Draft Charter of Pompeo’s “Commission on Unalienable Rights” Hides Anti-Human Rights Agenda

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A Side-by-Side Comparison of Barr’s vs. Mueller’s Statements about Special Counsel Report

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Cooking the WMD Books: Politicizing the 2019 State Department Compliance Report

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Time to Bring Women and Children Home from Iraq and Syria

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The Missing Bill Barr Obstruction Analysis

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Bolton’s Stated Predicate for War With Iran Doesn’t Work

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A Critique of Defense Dept General Counsel Ney’s Remarks on the Law of War

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Countering Russia’s Malign Influence Operations

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How Impeachment Proceedings Would Strengthen Congress’s Investigatory Powers

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The American Way of War Includes Fidelity to Law: Preemptive Pardons Break that Code

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Indictment of Assange for Espionage Directly Threatens Press Freedoms

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When Is a “Literally True” Statement False and a Crime

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Bill Barr’s Extreme Views on War Powers Mean Congress’s Window to Stop War with Iran is Now

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McGahn’s Chief of Staff, Annie Donaldson May Be Congress’ Prized Witness

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ICC Prosecutor Signals Important Strategy Shift in New Policy Document

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Trump’s Golan Policy and Its Threat to the Post-War International Legal Order

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What Congress Should Ask Robert Mueller When He Testifies

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The Nixon Impeachment—A Blueprint for Today

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Dispatch: What a U.S.-Iran War Would Mean for Iraqis

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Why Robert Mueller Is Right that the Obstruction Statutes Apply to the President

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Lesson from Nixon: With Today’s Facts, Impeaching Trump Won’t Work

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The Precedent for Impeachment: Nixon, Not Clinton

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An Open Memo: Comparison of Clinton Impeachment, Nixon Impeachment and Trump Pre-Impeachment

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All the President’s Lawyers: A Chart of Misconduct and Possible Crimes Revealed by Mueller Report

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What Questions Is the Pentagon Avoiding?

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The Iran Nuclear Deal After Rouhani’s Announcement

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Why the Arms Trade Treaty Matters – and Why It Matters That the US Is Walking Away

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The Mazars USA Subpoena as an Existential Threat to President Trump

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The Failures of the Mueller Report’s Campaign Finance Analysis

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The Pentagon’s 2018 Civilian Casualties Report: What’s In It and What’s Next

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Amid the Nadler-Barr Standoff: Some History of Struggles Over Hearing Processes

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Barr and Congress: Is the Focus on Criminality Too Narrow?–Five Experts Weigh In

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Guide to the Mueller Report’s Findings on “Collusion”

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Trump Administration’s New Cuba Policy Threatens Discord With U.S. Allies

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Gutting the Substance of a Security Council Resolution on Sexual Violence

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Serb ‘Auxiliary Force’ Escalates Threats to Bosnia’s Stability

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To Battle Russian Disinformation, Ukraine Mimics … Russia

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Climate Change: Our Greatest National Security Threat?

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The International Criminal Court Decision on Afghanistan: Time to Start a New Conversation

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The ICC’s Afghanistan Decision: Bending to U.S. or Focusing Court on Successful Investigations?

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Transparency on Civilian Harm in Somalia Matters – Not Just to Americans

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BREAKING: Sri Lankan Presidential Hopeful Sued in Federal Court for Human Rights Violations

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The Pentagon Wants to Streamline Security Clearances by Using AI. That’s a Dangerous Idea.

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The Limited War Powers Precedent of the Korean “Police Action”

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The Government’s Own Documents Show that Prepublication Review is Broken

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An Insider’s View of the Life-Cycle of Self-Defense Reports by U.N. Member States

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The Hidden Issue in Huawei’s Suit Against the United States

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Legal Explainer: German Court Reins in Support for U.S. Drone Strikes

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Next Step in Disinformation: How a Dating App Becomes a Weapon

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A Legislative Shot at Internet of Things Security

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Body Counts Are Terrible Way for the Public to Assess US Counter-Terrorism Operations

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What Comes Next: After Supreme Court Reduced Obstacles to Suing International Organizations

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Reflecting on the Civilian Casualty Executive Order: What Was Lost and What Can Now Be Gained

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The US-Philippines Defense Treaty and the Pompeo Doctrine on South China Sea

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Citizenship-Stripping and ISIS Members: The Recent UK Experience

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I Helped Write the Exec Order on Public Reporting of Lethal Operations. Here’s What Trump Has Undone.

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Report of the Independent UN Commission of Inquiry on Gaza Strip – An Initial Evaluation of a Problematic Report

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BREAKING: United States Supports Germany’s International Arrest Warrant for Accused Syrian War Criminal

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The Seven Step Program for Fighting Disinformation

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Trump’s Invoking Obama Signing Statement as Reason Not to Report to Congress on Khashoggi Murder: A Roundup of Expert Views

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About that Trial Balloon on Using 9/11 AUMF to Authorize Strikes on Iran

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Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: Does the McConnell amendment provide a justification for military operations against Iran?

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Human Rights, Deprivation of Life and National Security: Q&A with Christof Heyns and Yuval Shany on General Comment 36

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A Dangerous Bet on Recognition in Venezuela

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Weapons of Mass Consumerism: Why China Wants Your Personal Information

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Executive Agreements: International Lawmaking Without Accountability?

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Annotation of the Pentagon Report to Congress on Detainee Abuse by U.S. Partners in Yemen

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Terrorists and the Southern Border: Myth and Reality

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Ruminations on RICO and Asset Forfeiture in the Trump Business Empire

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Trump’s Bookkeeper: How Prosecutors Could Easily Prove Tax Crimes for Hush Money Reimbursements

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10 Ways the U.S. Can Curb Interpol Abuses

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No Clean Hands: Reaction and Counter-Reaction in the Iranian-Saudi Proxy War in Yemen

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Birthright Citizenship for Children of Unlawful U.S. Immigrants Remains an Open Question

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Need for Change to Protect Children in Armed Conflict

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Accountability Fatigue: A Human Rights Law Problem for Armed Forces?

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Annotation of Sec. Pompeo’s Certification of Yemen War: Civilian Casualties and Saudi-Led Coalition

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The Technicolor Zone of Cyberspace, Part 2

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