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Where is the International Law We Believed In Ukraine?

International lawyers must design an improved legal architecture of resilience and recovery to support Ukraine against Russian aggression.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines delivers remarks at Just Security’s 10 year anniversary event on February 29, 2024 (Photo: Melissa Bender)

Video: Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines Remarks and Fireside Chat on the 10-Year Anniversary of Just Security

Just Security welcomed the Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, to NYU School of Law for an event celebrating Just Security’s 10th year anniversary.
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National Security Takeaways from DOJ’s Corporate Criminal Enforcement Policy Updates

The link between national security and corporate criminal enforcement was a key theme across three speeches by senior Department of Justice officials at the American Bar Association's…

When Special Counsel Smith’s January 6th Trial Will Reach a Verdict: Analyzing the Alternative Timelines

Updated overview of potential timelines for the resolution of Donald Trump's appeal and trial in federal prosecution for January 6th.
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The Just Security Podcast: A Conversation with Avril Haines the Director of National Intelligence of the United States

On Feb. 29, 2024, Just Security welcomed the Director of National Intelligence, Avril Haines, to NYU School of Law for remarks and a fireside chat in celebration of Just Security’s…
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Disclosing Secrets: Deterrence, Diplomacy, and Debate – Reflections on Remarks by DNI Avril Haines

Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines spoke on strategic declassification and transparency in intelligence work at an event commemorating Just Security’s 10th anniversary.…
Brazilian Justice and Public Security Minister Flavio Dino holds a replica of the 1988 Brazilian Constitution that was stolen from the Supreme Court after supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro raided federal buildings, at the Ministry of Justice in Brasilia on January 13, 2023. Dino said he will deliver the replica to the President of the Supreme Court, Rosa Weber. (Photo by SERGIO LIMA/AFP via Getty Images)

Amid Courts’ Role in US Democracy Struggle, Look to Lessons from Abroad

Countries that maintained their democracies have had courts that rose to the occasion to safeguard a country’s constitution or rule of law.
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Enhancing Nuclear Transparency in Iran Could Help Prevent a Wider War

Pursuing transparency measures now in Iran would help prevent the country's nuclear program from triggering a wider war.
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Book Excerpt: “Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America” by Barbara McQuade

Excerpted from "Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America" by Barbara McQuade, published by Seven Stories Press.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, his wife Yulia, opposition politician Lyubov Sobol and other demonstrators take part in a march in memory of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov in downtown Moscow on February 29, 2020. The crowds hold high white-blue-red flags of Russia all around them. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian Opposition Searches for Shreds of Hope After Navalny’s Death

Lines to endorse an antiwar candidate for president and to lay flowers in memory of Navalny show courage and a desire for democracy.
MUNICH, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 16: People leave flowers during a vigil for Alexiei Navalny in front of the Russian Embassy on February 16, 2024 in Munich, Germany. The death of Russian opposition politician, Alexi Navalny, 47, was announced this morning by the Russian Prison Service. Alexei Anatolievich Navalny was a Russian opposition leader, lawyer, anti-corruption activist and political prisoner. Born in Butyn' in 1976, he refounded the Russia of the Future party in 2018 and organised anti-government demonstrations. He was an advocate against corruption in Russia, and against President Vladimir Putin and his government. Navalny was hospitalised in 2020 for poisoning by a novichok agent and accused President Putin of being responsible. An investigation implicated agents from the Federal Security Service. In 2022 he was jailed for nine years after a trial for embezzlement which was labelled a sham by Amnesty International. He is survived by his wife, Yulia Navalnaya and two children.

Navalny’s Death and the Kremlin

The cause of a better Russia for which Navalny gave his life is neither a lost nor impossible cause.
Army Captain Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso's new president, arrives at a ceremony for the 35th anniversary of the assassination of revolutionary president Thomas Sankara, in Ouagadougou, on October 15, 2022. Traore had taken power in a coup two weeks earlier (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images)

As Senate Considers New Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Human Rights Focus Would Strengthen US Policy

As government forces battle armed groups in Burkina Faso, civilians face daily abuses, even death, amid a range of violations of their security and their property. At least 6,201…
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