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A photo shows a group of about a dozen protestors carrying US and Ukrainian flags and a couple of flags combining the two countries' banners, and posters including one that reads, "Ukraine is fighting so your soldiers don't have to."

Biden’s Final Efforts on Ukraine — and Trump’s First Moves

The US easing of limits on use of a long-range missile system, ATACMS, may be too late, depending on Trump's approach when he takes office.
The photo shows a crowd of youth walking under at least two beams holding multiple cameras each, with trees in the background. Many of the students are wearing red, yellow and black uniforms or pink ones.

Early Warning in Atrocity Scenarios Must Account for the Effects of Technology, Good or Bad

Atrocity-prevention systems developed before the spread of new technologies need to more systematically account for their impacts.
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Thinking Beyond Risks: A Symposium on Tech and Atrocity Prevention

Governments and civil society can harness new and established technologies, even while proactively mitigating associated risks.
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Progress on Gender Justice Continues as States Consider Next Steps on Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty

This fall, a number of States expressed support for the inclusion of various gender justice proposals in a potential future treaty.
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Days, Not Weeks: Gaza, Starvation, and the Imperative to Act Now

The humanitarian situation in Gaza has sharpened third states’ obligation to use their leverage now to reverse the trajectory, writes Dannenbaum.
Judges’ robes draped across empty chairs.

In ICJ Advisory Opinion on Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Separate Opinions Obscure Legal Rationale

The Advisory Opinion marks an important development in international law. It is therefore disappointing that this development occurs ex cathedra and in a manner that reveals so…
A photo shows Trump sitting at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, signing a document in a formal folder.

Will Renewed `Maximum Pressure’ Sanctions Yield Maximum Results? Not Likely.

Trump may find that the global economic dynamics that might have supported such a strategy the last time aren't the same today.
A sign for COP29, the United Nations Climate Change Conference, is on display outside Olympic Stadium on November 8, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan

Punching Above Their Weight: Caribbean States’ Ambitious COP29 Global Finance Goal

COP29 marks an opportunity for the Global North to pay for its fair share of global climate finance and help small island developing states.
A crowd holds yellow placards showing President Joe Biden's face and the message "Biden sanction Moge."

Do Sanctions Work? It Depends. Burma and the West Bank Might Be Models.

The question shifts the focus from the far more critical issues of whether policy goals are clear and realistic and if sanctions can help.
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Sanctioning Human Trafficking Under the Global Magnitsky Program

This latest set of sanctions is a promising development, particularly as the State Department signaled its intent to prioritize using the Global Magnitsky program to address forced…
A man in a fluorescent yellow vest and others in civilian clothes or uniforms stand in a group in a street, with a stone wall and an iron fence in the background.

As Ukraine Struggles for Troops, Its Constitutional Court Considers the Rights of Conscientious Objectors

A court case shows the complexity of weighing a constitutional guarantee against the obligation to protect the State in war.
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The United States Must Win The Global Open Source AI Race

Critics of open source AI must consider the security implications of strategic competition with China.
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