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An exterior view of the building of US Department of the Treasury is seen on March 27, 2020 in Washington, DC.(Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)

America’s Sanctions Habit is Hurting Peacemaking

Without reforms to blunt sanctions’ negative consequences for peacemaking, their effectiveness will be limited. Far greater effort is needed to ensure that this instrument of…
KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 27: Police officers and military experts operate at the site of a Russian aerial bombing of a high-rise residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district on March 27, 2024 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The Russian military aircrafts, for the first time since 2022, dropped UMPB D-30 glide bombs on Kharkiv, hitting the central part of the city and damaging at least 14 multi-story residential buildings, as well as civil infrastructure objects - a medical institution, a preschool educational institution and school, administrative buildings. One person was killed and at least 19 others were injured, including three children and a 3-month-old baby. Russia continues to pound Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast bordering with it with missiles, drones and guided aerial bombs in an attempt to re-occupy it.

Sanctions Against Russia: The Coalition Can Do Better – for Ukraine and Global Order

The international community must strengthen and expand its sanctions on Russia to achieve the intended aims of curbing its assault on Ukraine and on the international order.
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‘Election Fraud, Pure and Simple’: Trump’s Prosecutors Move Beyond Stormy Daniels in Wide-Lens Trial Opening

Prosecutors widen the aperture on the historic case against former President Trump through a sweeping narrative about election influence that went beyond any single hush-money…
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: A view of the front of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals is seen February 28, 2024 in Washington, DC. On February 5, 2024, the court unanimously rejected former President Trump's claim that he is immune from prosecution on criminal charges that he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results. The U.S. Supreme Court has since decided to take up the issue. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Trump’s Challenge to Democracy Through the Lens of Transitional Justice

The United States could use transitional justice tools to create a shared understanding of anti-democratic events and move forward with accountability.
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41 Star Witnesses and Bit Players in Trump’s NY Criminal Trial

The list of potential witnesses read during jury selection for Trump's criminal trial in New York could indicate the direction of the case.
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Q&A with Eliav Lieblich on Iran-Israel Hostilities

Expert insight on the legality of recent attacks by Iran and Israel, how domestic politics could impact an Israeli response, and prospects for de-escalation.

Trump’s Forbidden Legal Strategy: What New York Law Won’t Let the Jury Do

On the illegal option of jury nullification.
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Dispatches from the Trump Trial Courtroom in New York

On Monday, April 15, 2024, the historic criminal trial of former President Donald Trump began with jury selection at the Manhattan Criminal Court. Join Just Security Journalism…

Russian Human Rights Activist Vladimir Kara-Murza Marks Two Years Behind Bars

His wife, Evgenia, calls on the global democratic community to stand with her husband and others fighting Putin's repression.
In an aerial view, flags wave on graves of Ukrainian soldiers at ‘Field Of Mars’ War Cemetery

Deportation, Detention, and Other Crimes: In Ukraine, the Past and Present of International Criminal Law Converge

International law concepts at least partially formed in Lviv, Ukraine, now frame discussions about accountability in the Russia-Ukraine war today.

In Shifting US Ties with Niger and Africa, Focus on Human Rights and Democracy to Strengthen Partnerships

After a series of coups in the region following years of counterterrorism cooperation, the US needs a new approach to recover its stride.
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The SAFE Act Is No “Compromise” and Won’t Leave Americans Safer

The SAFE Act would renew Section 702 of FISA, but only with changes that seriously undermine its agility and value as an indispensable foreign intelligence collection tool.
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