Armed Conflict

Just Security’s expert authors provide analysis on the legal, policy, and strategic dimensions of armed conflict, including the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Hamas war, counterterrorism operations, conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, and other armed conflicts across the globe, with a focus on international humanitarian law, war crimes and accountability, mitigating and remedying civilian harm, and the humanitarian impacts of warfare.

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At left, Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas waves (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images) At right, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (C) and Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz hold a press conference (Photo by ABIR SULTAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

To End the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Stop Focusing on Peace

Israeli leaders should view negotiations as a way to the security they crave, and the Palestinian Authority to the legitimacy they seek.
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The Just Security Podcast: The Starvation War Crime in Sudan and Gaza

While immediate access to food and aid is the most urgent need, the crises in Sudan and Gaza also raise key questions about individual criminal responsibility.
grocery store destroyed by a Russian missile attack

Planning for Ukrainian Reintegration

Reconstructing Ukraine after the war will require careful attention to matters of transitional justice and economic reintegration.
A lone pedestrian walks by the Trump hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. on March 25, 2020. (Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s ‘Ill-Gotten Gains’: Breaking Down the $464M Civil Fraud Appeal

Understanding the reasons for the judge's calculations helps demystify the findings about how Trump illegally profited from a long fraud.
A destroyed window of the Roman Shukhevych museum is seen on March 5, 2024 in Lviv

Prosecuting the Crime of Aggression in Ukraine and Beyond: Seizing Opportunities, Confronting Challenges and Avoiding False Dilemmas

Accountability efforts for Russian aggression against Ukraine should be analyzed in light of these two States' complex history.
Vladimir Kara-Murza is standing, dressed in black, apparently behind a glass barrier, with his right palm against the glass.

A Simple US Step Can Help Protect Another Imprisoned Democracy Activist in Russia

After Navalny's death, one of Putin's many political prisoners urgently needs the US to designate him as "unlawfully or wrongfully detained."
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The UK Is Failing to Recoup Ill-gotten Gains Linked to the Syrian Regime

Robust laws are needed to account for the ways in which illicit assets are hidden in the UK and ensure justice for survivors of the conflict in Syria.
A girl carries a canvas bag filled with food aid bearing the logo of non-profit non-governmental organisation World Central Kitchen, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 17, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

“Famine is Setting in”: The International Court of Justice Returns to Gaza

The Court ordered Israel to ensure the unhindered provision of humanitarian assistance, in full cooperation with the United Nations, including by opening new land crossing points.
Various countries' flags in front of UN building and fence with UN symbol

National Security at the United Nations This Week (Mar. 25-29)

The latest on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security, human rights, and the rule of law.
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The Just Security Podcast: A Russian Legal Scholar in Exile on the Future of Resistance to Putin

Viola Gienger recently interviewed Gleb Bogush, a Russian lawyer and expert on international criminal law who fled Russia in 2022.
Displaced Palestinian children gather to receive food at a government school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 19, 2024, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

Gaza’s Famine is Underway

Famine is getting underway in Gaza. The window to “avert” it has closed, and the focus must now pivot to containing the damage. As prospects for an enduring cease-fire remain…
A general view taken on April 26, 2018, shows Syrian walking along a heavily damaged street in the northern Syrian enclave of Afrin that Turkish-backed forces captured from Kurdish fighters in the months prior. Tens of thousands of people were displaced by the assault on the Afrin region, whose small towns and villages were home to mostly Syrian Kurds. The photo shows enormous piles of rubble in the foreground and in the background shells of concrete buildings hollowed out by bombing. (Photo credit should read SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images)

Confronting Forced Demographic Change in Northern Syria: Inclusive Justice for Sustainable Peace

Donors must help pursue justice and accountability for Kurdish victims as they do for other Syrian victims.
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