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Just Security Podcast: Shaheed Fatima QC on Protecting Children in Armed Conflict

Recent years have seen an escalation in impact of war on children – from the sexual enslavement to the deliberate bombing of their schools – subjecting a generation of children…

Jul. 20, 2018 John Reed

Concerning the Congressional Prohibition on U.S.-Russia Bilateral Military Cooperation

[Editor’s Note from Ryan Goodman: On Thursday, I wrote about a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act, which stipulates that no funds may be “used for…

Jul. 19, 2018 Robert S. Taylor

Does a Years’ Old Congressional Statute Prevent a Trump-Putin Agreement for Military Cooperation?

"Pentagon officials may feel a sense of security that the congressional statute forecloses certain options. But does it?"

Jul. 19, 2018 Ryan Goodman

“We Could Hold Them for 100 Years If the Conflict Lasts for 100 Years”

Last week, Justice Department lawyer Ronald Wiltsie told a federal district court in Washington, D.C. that the Trump administration is entitled to imprison detainees for 100 years…

Jul. 17, 2018 Daphne Eviatar

Trump meets Putin during the G20 Summit on July 7, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany.

What Cannot Be on the Table at the Trump-Putin Summit

President Donald Trump’s attendance at the NATO summit in Brussels this week was defined by a combination of antagonism and spectacle, leaving allies alienated and confused.…

Jul. 13, 2018 James Lamond

With Trump Talk of Crimea Deal, Will U.S. Bulwark Hold?

The prospect that Trump might seek a deal with Putin that sells out Crimea highlights the vulnerability of the borders of Europe’s second-largest country, Ukraine, despite years…

Jul. 13, 2018 Viola Gienger

Thomas Woewiyu stands outside the Federal courthouse in Philadelphia during a break from his trial in Philadelphia on June 11, 2018.

Continued Fight for Accountability in Liberia: Another Landmark U.S. Court Decision

For the second time in less than a year, evidence of war crimes in Liberia have been presented in a federal courtroom in Philadelphia. On July 3, Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu, former…

Jul. 12, 2018 Alexandra Insinga and Emily Rosendahl

Squandered Opportunity?—Despite New Agreement, South Sudan’s Civil War Continues

Although the pact reached in late June to bring an end to South Sudan's civil war is certainty a positive development, it is by no means assured that the agreement will last.

Jul. 9, 2018 John Hursh

Time for a Reckoning in Yemen

Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Stephen Rapp writes that "Americans are also at risk … of complicity in the crimes committed by coalition forces" in the…

Jul. 5, 2018 Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp

Overdue US Admission that Civilians Were Killed in Syria Strike Is Still Insufficient

It finally admitted to it. After months of denying that any civilians died, the United States-led coalition in Syria has finally recognized that its strike on a boarding school…

Jul. 5, 2018 Nadim Houry

Win the Battle, Lose the War: How the U.S. Can Sustain Counterterrorism Gains

After enduring years of terrorist brutality, citizens of places like Mosul, Mogadishu and Maiduguri can finally enjoy a semblance of normal life, after recent successes in countering…

Jun. 28, 2018 Eric Rosand and Leanne Erdberg

Saudi Arabia’s Misleading Email to Congress After Bombing of MSF Cholera Hospital

On a recent Wednesday night in June, Saudi Arabia’s embassy emailed members of the U.S. Congress providing them something between a false and misleading account of an air strike…

Jun. 25, 2018 Ryan Goodman

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