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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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National Security at the United Nations This Week (Nov. 13-17)

A UN Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, US airstrikes in Syria and Article 51 implications, ICJ elections, and more.
Nov. 17, 2023
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stands next to Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman

It’s Time to Close the Door on Biden’s Saudi Defense Deal

The Biden administration's potential defense deal with Saudi Arabia would undermine U.S. diplomatic efforts in the Middle East and could pave the path for a regional nuclear arms…
Nov. 16, 2023

How Can US Global Health Assistance Adapt to Population Aging?

An age-inclusive policy might require a paradigm shift, returning to the promise of primary care to reach the global goal of health for all.
Nov. 15, 2023
Shot of the UN Security Council

Proportionality in Self-Defense: A Brief Reply

A response to an article published on how military campaigns can never be rendered disproportionate by the total harm inflicted on civilians.
Nov. 14, 2023

The Problem of Proportionality: A Response to Adil Haque

Whether the magnitude of State responses to terror is ethical and wise goes beyond determinations of legal compliance.
Nov. 14, 2023
Refugees shelter under tarpaulins along a stream as the monsoon rains create massive challenges for the displaced Rohingya September 17, 2017 in Kutupalong, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. More than 400,000 Rohingya refugees fled into Bangladesh from late August that year during the outbreak of violence in Rakhine state. Satellite images released by Amnesty International at the time provided evidence that security forces were trying to push the minority Muslim group out of the country. According to reports, the Rohingya crisis by that point had left at least 1,000 people dead, including children and infants. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

If Mass Atrocity Prevention Has a Future, the Responsibility to Protect Can’t Afford to Be Niche

States and international organizations must make the Responsibility to Protect a priority and integrate it into wider policy and programming.
Nov. 14, 2023

Is AI the Right Sword for Democracy?

The "AI for Democracy" argument rests on misguided - and potentially dangerous - assumptions.
Nov. 13, 2023
Coffins are lined up next to graves as a mass funeral takes place to bury victims of a military strike on a camp for displaced people near the northern Myanmar town of Laiza on October 10, 2023. Twenty-nine people were killed and dozens wounded in a military strike on a camp for displaced people in northern Myanmar, a spokesman for an ethnic rebel group that controls the area told AFP on October 10. (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Why the United Nations Keeps Failing Victims of Atrocity Crimes

Prevention and the responsibility to protect are subordinated to other UN agendas, and special advisers too often sidelined.
Nov. 9, 2023
People search through buildings, destroyed during Israeli air raids

In Gaza, Catastrophic Violence of War and Slow Violence of Oppression Collide

The excesses of atrocity should not distract from the quieter, quotidian violence that started long before the 2023 Israel-Hamas War.
Nov. 8, 2023
US President Joe Biden (L) listens to Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Law and Policy Guide to US Arms Transfers to Israel

A guide to the humanitarian law conditions on U.S. arms sales and security assistance to Israel.
Nov. 8, 2023 , and 4 more

The US Must Adapt Foreign Policy and Aid to an Aging World

In armed conflicts, humanitarian crises, and climate-induced disasters, older people often suffer disproportionately. First in a series.
Nov. 7, 2023 and
Members of the United Nations Security Council listen to Palestinian Permanent Observer Riyad H. Mansour speak.

Enough: Self-Defense and Proportionality in the Israel-Hamas Conflict

The right of self-defense does not permit a disproportionate loss of civilian life, writes Professor Adil Haque in this essay on what U.N. Member States can say.
Nov. 6, 2023
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