Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Feb. 11-17)

Alexei Navalny

• Navalny’s Death and the Kremlin
  by Ambassador Daniel Fried (@AmbDanFried)

Israel-Hamas War

• On Civilians’ Return to North Gaza: What International Humanitarian Law Requires
  by Eliav Lieblich (@eliavl)
• How Israel Took the Terrorists’ Bait
  by Matthew Levinger
• Dutch Appeals Court, Finding Clear Risk of IHL Violations, Orders Government to Halt Military Delivieries to Israel
  by Yussef Al Tamimi

U.S. Cyber Operations / Iran

• Key Questions in U.S. Cyber Attack on “Iranian Spy Ship”
  by Brianna Rosen (@rosen_br) and Tess Bridgeman (@bridgewriter)

U.S. Arms Sales and Transfers

• Not Reassuring: NSM-20 and the Limits of Law-of-War Assurances in the Transfer of U.S. Arms
  by Brian Finucane (@BCFinucane)

DoD / Civilian Harm

• Here’s What You Need to Know About the Pentagon’s New Civilian Harm Policy
  by Madison Hunke

U.S. Foreign Policy: West Africa

• As Senate Considers New Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Human Rights Focus Would Strengthen US Policy
  by Ousmane Diallo (@Usmaan_Aali) and Kate Hixon (@kahixo)
• US Government’s $300 Million for West Africa — How to Make it Count
  by Will Meeker and Patrick Quirk (@patrickwquirk)

Mayorkas Impeachment

• Why and How the Senate Should Swiftly Dismiss the Impeachment Charges Against Mayorkas
  by Joshua Matz (@JoshuaMatz8), Michael J. Gerhardt, Amit Jain and Laurence H. Tribe (@tribelaw)

U.S. Elections / Disinformation

• Multiple Threats Converge to Heighten Disinformation Risks to This Year’s US Elections
  by Lawrence Norden (@LarryNorden), Mekela Panditharatne (@Mekela_P) and David Harris (@davidevanharris)

Trump Trials

• Trump Must Pay $450m Civil Fraud Judgment, But Now Avoids Corp Death Penalty
  by Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports)
• Trump Fails to Get N.Y. Hush-Money Case Dismissed, as Judge Gears Up for March Trial
  by Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports)
• A Guide to Thursday’s Hearing on Trump’s Motion to Dismiss Manhattan Prosecution
  by Norman L. Eisen (@NormEisen) and Andrew Warren (@AndrewWarrenFL)

Spyware

• The ABA Urges Action Against Abusive Commercial Spyware, and Policymakers Should Listen
  by Carrie DeCell (@cmd_dc)

United Nations

• National Security at the United Nations This Week (Feb. 12-Feb. 16)
  by Jay Kim

Podcast: Atrocity Crimes

• The Just Security Podcast: A Syrian War Crimes Verdict in a Dutch Court
  Paras Shah (@pshah518) interview with Fritz Streiff (@fritz_streiff) and Hope Rikkelman (@HRikkelman)