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Featured Articles

The Senate Strikes Back: Checking Trump’s Foreign Policy

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All Evidence Points to Campaign Finance Crimes By President Trump

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Did Trump Organization Executives Cook the Books?–Tax Crimes Explained under Federal and State Law

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Why It Doesn’t Matter Whether It’d Be Constitutional to Indict Trump

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UN Review Should Help Children Caught in ISIS Conflict

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10 Ways the U.S. Can Curb Interpol Abuses

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The Huawei Arrest: How It Likely Happened and What Comes Next

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Reframing Prevention: If Government Won’t Lead, Civil Society Must Step Up to Curb Extremism

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Declassify the Khashoggi Assessment

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Mueller’s Roadmap: Major Takeaways from Cohen and Manafort Filings

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Norms Watch: Damage to Democracy and Rule of Law in November 2018

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Full Accounting Needed of US-UAE Counterterrorism Partnership in Yemen

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Trump Administration Must Publicly Disclose the Truth About Khashoggi Murder

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Why the U.S. Needs a Homeland Security Strategy

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How the “Arms Sales Oversight Act” Could Prevent American Arms from Contributing to the Next Overseas Crisis

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Explainer: The Comey Subpoena Fight–A Face-Saving Surrender and Testimony Deal

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Perjury Chart: Trump Associates’ Lies, False, or Misleading Statements on Russia to Federal Authorities

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The Rising Challenge of Funding Victims’ Needs at the International Criminal Court

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Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (November 25-30)

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How the Senate Should Move Forward on Resolution to Withdraw from Yemen War

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Major Takeaways from Michael Cohen’s Plea on Trump Moscow Project

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Yes, Collusion: The Legal Significance of the New Mueller Revelations

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Them’s Fightin’ Words? State Dept. Ramps Up Iran Rhetoric

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Timeline: Roger Stone and His Interactions with Wikileaks, Russians, and More

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Legal Analysis of “Cabinet Memo” on the Military’s Role at Southern Border

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Warning Signs: President Trump May Violate Federal Law in Absolving Saudi Crown Prince

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No Clean Hands: Reaction and Counter-Reaction in the Iranian-Saudi Proxy War in Yemen

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Americans Have Right to Know if US Failed to Warn Khashoggi—A New Lawsuit May Get Answers

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Birthright Citizenship for Children of Unlawful U.S. Immigrants Remains an Open Question

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Asylum Seekers Being Turned Away No Matter Where They Cross the Border

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Prosecuting Wikileaks, Protecting Press Freedoms: Drawing the Line at Knowing Collaboration with a Foreign Intelligence Agency

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Was Your Voting Machine Hacked? Without More User-Friendly Devices, We May Not Know

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Initial Reactions to OLC’s Opinion on the Whitaker Designation as “Acting” Attorney General

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Iraq’s So-Called “ISIS Families”: Rounded up, Vilified, Forgotten

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The More Things Stay the Same: Why the Trump Administration’s Counterterrorism Strategy is Surprisingly Conventional

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Congress Must Do More to Safeguard Mueller than Simply Protecting His Job

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The Already-Strong Campaign Finance Case Against Donald Trump Just Got Stronger—Criminal offenses included

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Top Legal Ethics Expert (Stephen Gillers) Writes: Whitaker Should Be Recused

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A Thousand Cuts: How the Acting Attorney General Could Kill Russia Investigations Without Firing Mueller—and Only “Norms” Could Stop Him

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Update: The Military, the Mexican Border and Posse Comitatus

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Countering Russian Election Hacks

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Need for Change to Protect Children in Armed Conflict

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Why the First Amendment Does Not Protect Trump Campaign Collusion with Wikileaks and Russia

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Accountability Fatigue: A Human Rights Law Problem for Armed Forces?

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Trump Admin Says It’s Open to Suggestions to Prevent Far-Right Violence. Here Are a Few.

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The 2018 Annual Report of the U.N. International Law Commission

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U.S. Military’s “Collective Self-Defense” of Non-State Partner Forces: What Does International Law Say?

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10 Priorities for Peace, Human Rights and Justice in Yemen: An Important Joint Statement From Country’s Civil Society

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Two New Reports Expose How Black Americans Are Targeted by Russian Disinformation

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What Would National Security Oversight Look Like in a Democratic House?

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The Torture of Forcibly Separating Children from their Parents

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What Are the Consequences of the Trump Administration’s Recent Treaty Withdrawals?

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Justice Dept Must Open Criminal Investigation Into Potential War Crimes by U.S. Mercenaries in Yemen

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Annotation of Sec. Pompeo’s Certification of Yemen War: Civilian Casualties and Saudi-Led Coalition

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An Explainer: Senate’s Letter on Khashoggi and the Global Magnitsky Act

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What Facts Would Deny the Trump Campaign First Amendment Protections in Colluding with Russia

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Taking Stock of the FBI’s Role in Senate Confirmations after Kavanaugh

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Grading the Pompeo Certification on Yemen War and Civilian Protection: Time for Serious Reconsideration

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Woodward’s Book Places Trump’s Policy on Afghan War in a Good Light–But his leadership ultimately falls short

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Information Operations are a Cybersecurity Problem: Toward a New Strategic Paradigm to Combat Disinformation

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The Technicolor Zone of Cyberspace, Part 2

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UPDATE: Mapping States’ Reactions to the Syria Strikes of April 2018

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