Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (August 20-26)

U.S. Foreign Policy

• America Resurgent: From Afghanistan to Ukraine
  by Ambassador (ret.) Lee Wolosky (@LeeWolosky)

Human Rights Agenda

• Human Rights in the Crosshairs
  by James A. Goldston (@JamesAGoldston)

Trump Financial Investigation

• The Curious Case of Alvin Bragg – Reconsidering the DA’s Trump Investigation
  by Andrew Weissmann (@AWeissmann_)

Russia – Ukraine War

• Justice for the Crime of Aggression Today, Deterrence for the Aggressive Wars of Tomorrow: A Ukrainian Perspective
  by Gaiane Nuridzhanian (@ya_chereshnya)

Taliban Takeover Anniversary

• Afghan Women Entrepreneurs Battle to Retain Economic Freedom
  by Manizha Wafeq (@WWafeq)

Social Media and Elections

• Whistleblower Documents Show Problems in Twitter’s Handling of ‘Election Integrity’
  by Justin Hendrix (@justinhendrix)

Ethics Reform

• Need for US Ethics Reform Is Far from History: Kushner-MBS Deal Reflects Broken System
  by Virginia Canter (@VirginiaRCanter) and Gabe Lezra (@GabeLezra)

Counterterrorism and Human Rights

• Abusive “Counterterrorism” Crackdowns Choke Independent Civil Society in the Middle East
  by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin (@NiAolainF)

Civilian Harm in U.S. Wars

• How the FY23 NDAA Can Strengthen U.S. Efforts to Prevent and Respond to Civilian Harm (Part I) 
  by Annie Shiel (@annieshiel)

International Humanitarian Law

• Gendering the Legal Review of New Means and Methods of Warfare
  by Andrew Farrés Jiménez (@afarresj)
• Let’s Talk About Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
  by Ezequiel Heffes (@Ezequiel_Heffes)

U.S.-Central America Policy

• The US Must Help Fight the Criminalization of Activism in Central America, Not Make It Worse
  by Rachel Margolis

War Powers / Government Secrecy

• The Biden Administration Should Begin its “War on Secrecy” by Releasing Key War Powers Reports
  by Heather Brandon-Smith (@HBrandonSmith)