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New Book by Editorial Board Member Nathalie Weizmann
Out now from Oxford University Press: The International Law of Non-International Armed Conflict, authored by Ezequiel Heffes and JS Editorial Board member Nathalie Weizmann. Drawing on the authors’ expertise it combines theoretical analysis with ongoing practical applications.
Co-Editors-in-Chief and Editor at New York Historical Society
Co-editors in chief Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman and Editorial Board Member Mary McCord are the three speakers for an event at New York Historical on “Power Without Impunity: War Crimes and Illegal Orders,” May 11, 2026.
JS Editor Lieblich, Author VanLandingham on WNYC Show
Just Security Editor Eliav Lieblich and contributing author Rachel VanLandingham joined the Brian Lehrer show on NPR-affiliate WNYC to discuss their articles on reprisals and war crimes rhetoric, as well as the greater international law implications of the U.S.-Iran War.
JS Executive Editor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin Appointed Council of State of Ireland
Congratulations to JS Executive Editor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, appointed by Irish President Catherine Connolly to serve as a member of the Council of State of Ireland.
JS Executive Editor Appointed to UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria
JS Executive Editor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin was appointed to serve as a member of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.
JS Executive Editor quoted in the New Yorker
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner interviewed JS Executive Editor Oona Hathaway on the legal questions surrounding the arrest of Nicolas Maduro and U.S. operations in Venezuela.
JS Co-Editor-in-Chief quoted in The New Yorker
Tess Bridgeman spoke to The New Yorker’s Ruth Marcus about the Trump administration’s justification of murder in its lethal campaign against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and East Pacific.
JS Co-Editor-in-Chief on BBC News
Tess Bridgeman discusses the legality of orders to kill shipwrecked survivors of a U.S. targeted vessel in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.
JS Editor awarded International Law Prize
Congratulations to JS Editor Eliav Lieblich, recipient of the Max Planck-Cambridge Prize for International Law, awarded for outstanding contributions to the study of international law and substantial, innovative and cutting-edge research.
JS Editor Mark Nevitt and Author Sarah Harrison Featured in Washington Post
Washington Post‘s Warren Strobel, Ellen Nakashima and Noah Robertson cite Nevitt’s and Harrison’s Just Security article discussing the U.S. military’s lethal strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific and the collapse of legal guardrails internal to the administration.
Co-Editor-in-Chief Ryan Goodman Featured on 60 Minutes
60 Minutes interviewed Goodman on a study published at Just Security on how courts have reacted to the Trump administration on issues of compliance and false information.
JS Executive Editor Rebecca Hamilton Talks Sudan on Australia’s ABC
Executive Editor Rebecca Hamilton updated Australians on the war in Sudan in an extended interview with TV Broadcaster ABC.
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