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Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (June 18-24)

January 6th • Domestic terrorism • Immigration • Iran nuclear deal • France-NATO • Colombia (elections) • Kazakhstan (human rights) • Juneteenth

Jun. 25, 2022 Just Security

Walking Iran Back from the Nuclear Brink

Bold action is needed now to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.

Jun. 24, 2022 Brianna Rosen

Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and Georgia Secretary of State Chief Operating Officer Gabriel Sterling are sworn in during the fourth hearing held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on June 21, 2022 in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC.

The January 6th Hearings: Criminal Evidence Tracker Fourth Edition

Tracking two federal crimes and one Georgia state crime with evidence presented by the House Select Committee investigating January 6th.

Jun. 23, 2022 Noah Bookbinder, Norman L. Eisen and 5 more

US President Joe Biden walks through the door of the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on June 21, 2022, as he arrives to speak on Covid-19 vaccines for children under 5. Flags stand on either side of the door.

One Year On: Marking Progress on Biden’s Counter-Domestic Terrorism Strategy

Assessing progress on understanding, preventing, and disrupting threats, and on addressing long-term contributors.

Jun. 23, 2022 Ryan B. Greer

An image of former President Donald Trump speaking on the phone is displayed during the third hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on June 16, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Failing to Prosecute Trump Reflects – and Feeds – US Rule of Law Erosion

Prosecution of subordinates but not Trump, writes a former federal prosecutor, "threatens the idea of an impartial legal system."

Jun. 21, 2022 Liam Brennan

Members of Reedy Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church march to celebrate Juneteenth on June 19, 2021 in Galveston, Texas. One person carries a flag with horizontal blue band above horizontal red band, red star in middle, and the date June 19, 1865.

Juneteenth Reading Recommendations

Leading scholars on lessons of the holiday and suggestions for what to read, watch & more.

Jun. 19, 2022 Just Security

Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (June 11-18)

January 6th • Russia-Ukraine • ISIS developments and GWOT detention • South Sudan • Peacekeeping: Mali

Jun. 19, 2022 Just Security

An image of former Vice President Mike Pence speaking on a cell phone on the night of January 6, 2021 is displayed during the third hearing of the US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 16, 2022.

The January 6th Hearings: Criminal Evidence Tracker Third Edition

In its third public hearing Thursday, the January 6 Select Committee continued to establish a powerful criminal case that we analyze in the third edition of our criminal evidence…

Jun. 18, 2022 Noah Bookbinder, Norman L. Eisen and 5 more

An image of John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani is displayed on a screen during the third hearing held by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol on June 16, 2022 in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC. In the image, Eastman is talking at a podium with the sign “Save America” while Giuliani stands next to him smiling at him. American flags wave in the background. The image was taken on January 6th, 2021.

8 Top Former Prosecutors, Senior DOJ Officials on Key New Evidence in Effort to Pressure Pence

The Select Committee presented new evidence of Trump's knowledge that his plan to pressure Pence was illegal. An assessment of its significance for criminal liability.

Jun. 18, 2022 Ryan Goodman

Displaced villagers and their belongings are seen along a road after being evacuated from flooded water in Juba, South Sudan on September 28, 2021. Thousands of residents were displaced as rivers overflowed with heavy rain across parts of the country. (Photo by PETER LOUIS GUME/AFP via Getty Images)

South Sudan: The Road to a Living Hell, Paved with Peace Deals

A singular focus by the US and partners on power-sharing and elections to end the war has instead bred famine and a violent kleptocracy.

Jun. 13, 2022 U.S. Representative James P. McGovern and John Prendergast

Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (June 4-10)

January 6th • Cybersecurity • Civilian harm in armed conflict • Foreign corporate liability • Russia-Ukraine • Israel-Palestine

Jun. 11, 2022 Just Security

US Representative Liz Cheney speaks flanked by US Representative Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot.

The January 6th Hearings: A Criminal Evidence Tracker

A new public resource that will be updated with every hearing of the January 6 Select Committee. Two federal crimes and one Georgia state crime.

Jun. 10, 2022 Noah Bookbinder, Norman L. Eisen and 4 more