Recap of Recent Articles on Just Security (Dec 23-Jan 3)

Impeachment, Ukraine and Russia Investigations

Analysis and Reporting

• Exclusive: Unredacted Ukraine Documents Reveal Extent of Pentagon’s Legal Concerns
  by Kate Brannen (@K8brannen)
• Three Cheers for Speaker Pelosi’s Pause
  by Philip Bobbitt

Resource Tools

• Public Document Clearinghouse: Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry
  by Julia Brooks and William Dawley
• Timeline: Trump, Giuliani, Biden, and Ukrainegate (updated)
  by Viola Gienger (@ViolaGienger) and Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw)

U.S. Military Action Against Iran

• Top Experts’ Backgrounder: Military Action Against Iran and US Domestic Law
  by Brian Egan and Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter)
• The Missing Assistant Secretary of Defense and the Soleimani Strike
  by Luke Hartig (@LukeHartig)

Syria (including Turkey and Syrian Kurds)

• The Inevitable Day of Reckoning in Syria
  by Marc Polymeropoulos (@Mpolymer)

U.S. Military and Trump

• The Generals Aren’t the Problem; An Ill-Informed Commander-in-Chief Is
  by David Lapan (@DaveLapanDC)
• Trump Loved “His Generals”—Until He Got To Know Them
  by Joshua Geltzer (@jgeltzer)

Gender and Security

• Men as Partners for Women, Peace and Security: Vital Lessons
  by Ambassador Donald Steinberg

U.S. Torture in Afghanistan (and International Criminal Court)

• ICC Holds Historic Hearing on U.S. Torture and Other Grave Crimes in Afghanistan
  by Katherine Gallagher (@katherga1) and Nikki Reisch (@NikkiReisch)

Torture & Accountability – Gambian Fighter in U.S.

• A Gambian Paramilitary Fighter Could Face Justice in the United States
  by Andrew Moore

Domestic Violent Extremism: The Monsey Attack

• The Monsey Attack: What’s the basis for the federal charges against Grafton Thomas?
  by Marty Lederman (@marty_lederman)

Just Security Holiday Specials

• Please Support Just Security with a Tax-Deductible Donation
  by Just Security
• The 2019 Just Security Holiday Reading List
  by Just Security
• Most Read/Popular Just Security Articles of 2019
  by Just Security

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