Terrorism & Violent Extremism
Just Security provides expert legal and policy analysis of terrorism, counterterrorism, and domestic and international violent extremism.
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NYPD Muslim Surveillance Settlement a Victory for New Yorkers, but Vigilance Still Needed
Just a day before courts blocked President Donald Trump’s second “Muslim ban,” a judge in New York City formally approved a joint settlement in two lawsuits challenging…
Ukraine Update: the ICJ Proceedings & Options for Justice in the United States
With the Congressional hearings on Russia dominating the news, this post provides an update on proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the matter of Ukraine…
The Deconstruction of America’s Global Leadership
Stephen Bannon, President Donald Trump’s chief strategist, has made it clear that the Trump administration wants to see the “deconstruction of the administrative state.”…
Targeting Yemen and the Repeal of Obama Constraints
Over at the New York Times, Charlie Savage and Eric Schmitt have written an excellent article on the Trump Administration’s decision to declare three parts of Yemen “areas…
A Colleague’s Response to Finer and Malley on Obama’s Strategy Against Terrorism
The months since Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election have been a time for soul searching among those of us who served in the Obama Administration. Did our work…
Keeping K2 (European Human Rights Court Decision on Citizenship-Stripping) in Perspective
Yesterday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg rejected as inadmissible an application by K2, a terror suspect born in Sudan but who acquired British citizenship…
European Court of Human Rights Decides UK Did Not Violate Human Rights When it Revoked Terror Suspect’s Citizenship
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that there was no human rights violation in the United Kingdom’s decision to strip a terror suspect of his British citizenship…
Hitting Iran Where It Doesn’t Hurt: Why U.S. Intervention in Yemen Will Backfire
It’s tempting to take last weekend’s attacks on al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) targets as evidence that the Trump administration is prioritizing narrow counterterrorism…
Three Problems with President Trump’s Guantánamo Tweet
In case you missed it, this morning’s tweetstorm from the White House began with this missive: 122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have…
More Info Needed on Travel Ban’s Claim that 300 Refugees Under Counterterrorism Investigations
To justify why it’s suspending the U.S. refugee program, President Donald Trump’s new executive order states that 300 people who entered the US as refugees are now…
The Global Counterterrorism Forum–Multilateralism that Even Trump Should Like
In his first speech to Congress, President Donald Trump said that, “our foreign policy calls for a direct, robust and meaningful engagement with the world.” However, it is…
DO Believe the Hype: DHS’s “Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement” (VOICE) May Target Legal Immigrants Too
In his joint session to Congress on Tuesday, President Donald Trump highlighted a new immigration policy, which many, many, many mistakenly assume applies only to undocumented…