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The Good Governance Papers: An Introduction
Just Security launches a series of concise essays exploring actionable proposals to restore and promote non-partisan principles of good government, public integrity, and the rule…

Prosecuting the ISIS “Beatles:” A testament to dedicated US government professionalism
On the eight-year history that led to this point.

Ten Quick Takeaways from the New York Times’ Bombshell Article on Trump’s Tax Returns
One of the country's most eminent tax law experts analyzes the information provided by the New York Times.

An Enduring Impasse on Autonomous Weapons
Are existing international laws sufficient or are new legal rules needed to codify the “human element” in the use of force?

On 9/11, Interrogating the Assumptions that Undergird the “Forever War”
To find a path out of the Forever War, we must begin by examining the assumptions that have underpinned our fight all along.

9/11’s Long Shadow: What’s at Stake in Afghanistan
Just as a false sense of security pervaded the country before 9/11, the threats still hiding in Afghanistan will not disappear by believing them gone and proclaiming “game over.”

QAnon is a Nazi Cult, Rebranded
"I have studied and worked to prevent genocide for forty years..."

Supreme Court’s Trump v. Mazars Ruling Gave Attorney-Client Privilege a Boost in Congress
The decision gives executive branch officials and private parties greater ability to resist subpoenas on traditional common law privilege grounds.

Immigration Maximalism at the Supreme Court
"The approach taken in these important cases is the opposite of 'minimalism,' and they provide important lessons for the long-term agenda of the Roberts Court."

The Second Oxford Statement on International Law Protections of the Healthcare Sector During Covid-19: Safeguarding Vaccine Research
International lawyers who wish to append their name to the Statement should send an email to ...

Canada’s Scattered and Uncoordinated Cyber Foreign Policy: A Call for Clarity
"Articulating Canada’s first principles in the context of cyberspace would help clarify what Canadian interests are, and what they mean, in a digitalized world. Only after defining…

Beyond Color-Blind National Security Law
"[I]nternational and national security legal regimes have always been steeped in racial connotation, even if rarely acknowledging as much. This raises the question of what a different…