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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Geneva Convention III Commentary: Implementing POW Convention in Multinational Operations
[Just Security is publishing a series on the ICRC’s updated Commentaries to the Third Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War (2020). This GCIII Commentary series is published…
A Turning Point in the Struggle Against the Bomb: The Nuclear Ban Treaty Ready to Go Into Effect
The US and other major nuclear powers tried to slow the momentum, but the treaty has already changed the conversation.
The U.K. Overseas Operations Bill: An Own Goal in the Making?
Many of those objecting to the bill in a constructive spirit acknowledge the problem the government is seeking to address, but chide it for going about it the wrong way.
Good Governance Papers No. 9: Building an Effective Human Rights-Based Foreign Policy
Ninth essay in a series of top experts exploring proposals to restore and promote nonpartisan principles of good government, public integrity, and the rule of law.
Torture by Rescue: Asylum-Seeker Pushbacks in the Aegean
Since at least March, Greece has been systematically returning asylum seekers who have arrived on its shores – who have the right to adjudication of their asylum claims – to…
Intergenerational Co-Leadership for Global Governance Innovation
This generation is ready to move beyond street protests and play an active role in politics and governance. Thinking about youth only as the future has hindered us from recognizing…
National Security at the United Nations This Week (Oct. 16 – 23)
UNSMIL hails ceasefire in Libya On Friday, the parties to the nine-year Libyan war agreed to a ceasefire in Geneva. The head of the U.N. Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Stephanie…
Crossing the Rubicon: Brexit, International Law, and the Internal Market Bill
The U.K. government has crossed the Rubicon by proposing legislation empowering ministers to renege on an international law obligation.
A Transatlantic Plan for Racial Equity and Justice
Given the shared history of slavery, racism, and systemic inequity, the US, the EU and the UK should seize this moment jointly to address the sordid legacy.
Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Shortage of Specifics Complicates Search for Solutions
As scholars debate how international law applies in this conflict, the lack of detail makes it hard to know what is taking place on the ground.
We Cannot Condone the Myanmar Government’s Lies with Silence
The façade that the Myanmar government is trying to keep up is finally starting to erode, as two Myanmar Army soldiers confess to their involvement in massacres, rape, and other…
The UK’s Withdrawal from the EU and the UK’s Internal Market Bill
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of pieces that will explore the Internal Market Bill and its implications for international law. There is a lively debate underway…