Diplomacy
Just Security’s expert authors offer analysis of diplomacy and its role in addressing global challenges, from armed conflicts to international crises and more. Our coverage includes U.S. foreign policy, international organizations, and multilateral diplomacy related to critical global issues.
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France Is Not a Safe Haven for Human Rights Abusers – Despite High Court Opinion
The French high court struck a blow against universal jurisdiction recently - but the decision need not doom future cases.
Biden’s Exclusion of Erdoğan from the Democracy Summit May Be a Blessing in Disguise for Turkey
The implicit refutation bolsters an already strengthening opposition without the kind of US interference that tends to generate backlash.
Neither Truth Nor Reconciliation: Mexico’s President Betrays Commitment to Transitional Justice
Yet, regardless of the scale and acceleration of abuses, such concerns are marginalized or avoided at high-level US-Mexico meetings.
Crimes Against Humanity: Little Progress on Treaty as UN Legal Committee Concludes its Work
Despite a majority of States favoring a clear mandate and timeline to discuss the draft in the next year, a few countries essentially exercised vetoes.
Putin’s Gamble on Ukraine
The US will face many such challenges from Russia and China in the future, so it must learn how to suppress threats like this one.
Bringing Climate and Terrorism Together at the UN Security Council – Proceed with Caution
The open debate creates risks that counterterrorism will come to dominate the climate security and environmental peacebuilding fields.
As It Convenes a Global Democracy Summit, the United States Must Commit To Defending Democracy at Home
Heading into the Summit for Democracy, the United States has yet to pass comprehensive voting rights legislation at home.
Preliminary but Necessary: The Question of the Applicability of the Notion of Apartheid to Occupied Territory
Does the prohibition of apartheid apply to occupied territory? Marco Longobardo analyzes how laws of war, human rights, occupation, and against racial discrimination intersect.…
Omicron: The Variant that Vaccine Apartheid Built
"If the current course is not corrected, vaccine apartheid will only deepen, and the resulting maldistribution will render historically subordinated groups even more disposable."
The Biden Administration’s Moment of Truth on Torture Evidence
US prosecutors claim the authority to use torture-derived evidence in Al-Nashiri's case, contrary to U.S. domestic and international legal obligations.
How International Law Could Help Preserve Nonproliferation in East Asia
Multilateral and bilateral agreements provide valuable infrastructure in the nonproliferation toolkit. The United States and others should continue to build and strengthen agreements…
The Impact on Israel’s National Security of Reopening – or Not – of a US Consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem
The decision will affect three factors: Israel's relationship with the US, the Palestinian Authority's capacity, and Jerusalem's future.