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The charred remains of a small sedan, perhaps white originally, sit on a pavement in front of a tall stone wall with what appear to be wooden doors at various points along the wall. Clothes hang on a line as if to dry.

“They Will Kill Me”: Haitian Deportees from U.S. Face Fear, Uncertainty

Haitians deported from the United States face the threat of widespread gang violence, poverty, and instability.

Tying Tech to the Mast: What Independent Oversight at the AI Frontier Must Get Right

If tech leaders are serious about oversight to curtail AI risk, they will need to endow evaluators with independence, information, money, and clout to enforce decisions.
A sign for Camp Justice in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.

Twenty-Five Years After 9/11 – and Still Waiting for Justice

Because of the United States' use of torture on the September 11 suspects, justice for the 9/11 plotters remains elusive 25 years later.
US Air Force Gen. Dan Caine (L), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, presents a plaque to US Navy Adm. Alvin Holsey (R) during Holsey's relinquishment of command and retirement ceremony at US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) headquarters in Doral, Florida.

Who Checks the President? Not the Military

The responsibility for checking contentious policies rests not with the military, but with elected officials, constitutional institutions, and the American people.

9/11 Then and Now: How It Shapes Us 25 Years On

We asked experts with deep personal and professional ties to the post-9/11 era: how did 9/11 shape your path, and how does it continue to shape us 25 years later?

The Just Security Podcast: 9/11 at 25 Years: The State of U.S. National Security, Intelligence, and Alliances Today

Ryan Goodman and Tess Bridgeman are joined by Daniel Fried and Nicholas Rasmussen to discuss the enduring impact of 9/11 on U.S. counterterrorism and foreign policy.
A flag reading "Never Forget 9/11" is left at the south tower reflecting pool memorial at the south tower reflecting pool memorial at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in New York.

“Can These Bones Live?”: Reflections on the Anniversary of 9/11

A historian examines the United States' historical memory of 9/11 twenty-five years after the attacks of September 11, 2001.
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz gestures while speaking in front of a podium, with a blurred figure of a woman visible behind him and a small orange origami rabbit resting on top of the podium.

Governors and State Administration

Gubernatorial opposition is a powerful and often necessary component of meaningful state pushback against federal overreach.

Collection: Counterextremism and Counterterrorism Initiative

Introducing Just Security's new Collection on the evolving threats of violent extremism and terrorism.

The Case for a German Structural Investigation into Crimes against Humanity in Iran

Experts argue that Germany should open a structural investigation into Iran's December 2025 and January 2026 crackdown on protesters.
A sign with the name and logo is seen outside the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

Why Countering the Assault on the International Criminal Court is Necessary to Protect the International Legal Order

Current and former Presidents of the ICC's Assembly of States Parties on the role of the Court in upholding the international legal order.
In a tense-filled scene, six people are gathered on the far side of an oakwood-colored table scattered with papers and pens, a coffee dispenser and disposable cups in the foreground and a suited man standing in shadows at the back left. Rice has an expression of concern as she's looking to her left toward Cheney on the phone. Three of the other people around her, two women including Hughes and a man, stand around her and one man kneels to her right, all focused on the phone conversation Cheney apparently is having the the president.

A Quarter Century After 9/11: Lessons Learned and Lost

A former member of the George W. Bush administration’s National Security Council reflects on what the United States got right and wrong in its response to the 9/11 attacks.
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