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Is the United States a Party to the Conflict Between the Saudi-Led Coalition and the Houthis?
Photo: A U.S.-made Saudi F-15. Image: Meteb Ali via Wikimedia Commons. This is piece is the latest article in our forum on the Yemen crisis and the law. Under international law,…

Cambridge Analytica, Big Data and China
As a researcher into China’s mass surveillance systems, I watch the revelations about the murky practices of the data marketing firm Cambridge Analytica and the debates about…

Uncomplimentary Complementarity and the Int’l Criminal Court’s Afghanistan Probe
Above: US military facilities at Bagram airfield, Afghanistan. Image: DoD This piece is the latest in our online symposium–spearheaded by Professor Laura Dickinson–focusing…

The High Hurdle for Aiding and Abetting Unlawful Attacks in Yemen
This is piece is the the latest article in our forum on the Yemen crisis and the law. The Alien Torts Statute (ATS), a jurisdictional statute that allows non-U.S. citizens to…

Can Bolton Actually Deliver an America First National Security Policy?
In his first week as National Security Advisor, John Bolton has walked into the first of what will be countless crises over the course of his tenure: whether to strike Syria in…

Official Immunity Under the Rome Statute: The Path From Principle to Practice Is Seldom Straight
Just Security is pleased to launch this online symposium–spearheaded by Professor Laura Dickinson–which is focused on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) probe…

Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (April 2-6)
Surveillance and Technology Julian Sanchez, A Damning Exoneration: DOJ’s Inspector General on the Apple v. FBI Crypto Fight Joshua Geltzer, How to Move the Battle Lines…

Welcome Brian Egan and Laura Rozen! Just Security’s New Editorial Board Members
Just Security is excited to announce the addition of two outstanding members to our Board of Editors: Brian Egan and Laura Rozen. Both will already be familiar to many of our readers.…

The US and Int’l Criminal Court May Still Steer Past Each Other–Why and How
The International Criminal Court is poised to open an investigation into Afghanistan, which has potentially direct implications for US officials allegedly involved in torture.…

A Damning Exoneration: DOJ’s Inspector General on the Apple v. FBI Crypto Fight
As the Department of Justice relaunches its perennial campaign to demand backdoor access to encrypted data and communications, a new report from DOJ’s Inspector General has…

The US, the War in Yemen, and the War Crimes Act – Part I
Editor’s Note: This is the third piece in our forum on the Yemen crisis and the law. The United States has conducted extensive airstrikes in Yemen since 2011, against both al-Qaeda…

Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (Mar. 24-30)
Surveillance and Technology Paul Seamus Ryan, Cambridge Analytica and Its Foreign National Staff Violated U.S. Laws Joshua Geltzer, It’s Not a Filter Bubble. It’s a Filter…