AI & Emerging Technology
Just Security’s expert authors offer strategic analysis on AI, cyber, quantum and other emerging technologies, including the national security implications of AI, global governance frameworks, the evolving cyber risk landscape, and how technology use cases comport with legal and ethical considerations.
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Gambia v. Facebook: What the Discovery Request Reveals about Facebook’s Content Moderation
A review of Facebook’s past content decisions in Myanmar can guide assessments of when the public interest value of election-related content breaches the threshold of harm. Knowing…
The Harm of Nuclear Weapons Tests for Peaceful Nuclear Power
Any US efforts that undermine key treaties would erode the global nonproliferation regime that advances the safety of civil nuclear technologies.
A Conversation With U.N. Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed: COVID-19 and Freedom of Belief
Editor’s Note: This piece is part of Just Security’s United Nations Special Rapporteurs on #COVID-19 series, in which mandate holders offer their views on pressing…
The Potential U.S. Security Threats in Letting New START Lapse
Almost every problem that critics say this nuclear-weapons pact doesn't solve would be aggravated if the treaty expires.
Yes, Congress, There Is Something You Can Do About Reckless Arms Sales
Recently proposed sales are particularly problematic given reports of unlawful retransfers and irresponsible, if not illegal, end use by both Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.…
Ignore Trump’s Twitter Tantrum Executive Order and Address Disinformation Instead
The solution is not to give government or platforms more power to make opaque, arbitrary decisions on content, but to help users protect themselves.
How Digital Contact Tracing for COVID-19 Could Worsen Inequality
The pandemic has punctuated systemic socio-economic disparities. Don't let reopening measures make them worse.
A Deep Dive into Canada’s Overhaul of Its Foreign Intelligence and Cybersecurity Laws
Following the release of documents by Edward Snowden, many of the Western governments whose agencies’ activities were implicated in the leaks raced to update and modernize their…
Trump’s Executive Order Targets Twitter, Capitalizing on Right-Wing Grievance
Even if it doesn't lead to action, the threat of regulatory pressure aims to bully social media companies into continuing their hands-off approach to Trump.
The Terrorist as a “Potentially Dangerous Person”: The German Counterterrorism Regime
The attack on Berlin’s Breitscheidplatz in December 2016 was arguably Germany’s 9/11. While German anti-terrorism law previously was influenced “only” by international…
National Security at the United Nations This Week (May 15-22)
(Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…
Why Facebook’s Oversight Board is Not Diverse Enough
The current membership is insufficiently representative, particularly of Southeast Asia, and overwhelmingly American for a body that purports to be global and independent of Facebook.…