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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In the Woomera Manual, International Law Meets Military Space Activities
An editor of the new Woomera Manual analyzes cutting-edge developments in the international law of outer space.

America’s Overlooked National Security Threat
The United States' deepest constitutional and national security challenge involves not personalities, but structure.

To Challenge State Capture, the US Needs a Strategy of State Retrieval
The democratic world must side with pro-democracy, peace, and anti-corruption movements in Africa and act against corrupt networks.

Adding Gender to Apartheid in International Law: But Where?
Could discussions about the revival of the Apartheid Convention provide a basis for rethinking the approach to the codification of gender apartheid?

Putting the Second REAIM Summit into Context
The upcoming REAIM Summit on responsible AI in the military domain is a valuable multistakeholder forum that can catalyze diplomatic and normative processes.

France’s New Western Sahara Position Marks a Turning Point in North Africa — But for Better or Worse?
It may aid stability as US and European support tips toward Morocco. But it has provoked Algeria, which is eyeing Russia and China.

Rights of National Minorities in Armed Conflict: A Ukrainian Perspective
Russia's aggression against Ukraine underscores the critical challenges in safeguarding the rights of national minorities in conflict zones.

The Growing Threat from North Korea
A decade after a major UN human rights report, abuses are escalating, and they are integrally connected to the country's nuclear program.

“Water is Life,” One Syrian Told Us. Yet It Remains Elusive for Many.
With humanitarian funding decreasing and needs growing, cholera in a camp for displaced people illustrates the dire conditions.

The UN Cybercrime Convention: Analyzing the Risks to Human Rights and Global Privacy
A detailed analysis of the human rights and digital privacy implications of the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime.

A Reply to Chris O’Meara: Necessity and Proportionality in International Law on the Use of Force
In his thought-provoking essay in Just Security, Chris O’Meara provides an insightful analysis of Ukraine’s recent incursion into Kursk Oblast under the law governing the use…

Don’t Sanction the ICC for Doing its Job
Writes an American-Israeli citizen whose family was decimated in the Holocaust: "It is my family history and three decades spent advocating for human rights and the rule of…