What a Democratic Congress is Likely to Do on Foreign Policy
What actions the incoming House and Senate majorities may take on the Iran war, tariffs, foreign assistance, and more.
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Westgate, al Shabaab, and the AUMF
As we continue to learn more details about the horrendous attack on the Westgate Mall in Kenya—with dozens dead and hundreds wounded—Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has pleaded…
News Roundup and Notes: September 23, 2013
Before the start of your workday, the Just Security team is dedicated to providing you with the latest news and notes of the day, both domestic and abroad, relevant to governmental…
The ICC as the Sword of Damocles
The destruction of the chemical weapons would not be enough. An unexplored option exists to help resolve the situation in Syria: the Security Council could refer the Syrian situation…
Time to Retire the Military Commissions
Last Monday morning, as a military judge read each of the men accused of plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks their rights to attend the hearings in their case, two of them objected.…
Five Myths in the Debate about Cyber War
Between 2009 and 2013, a group of 20 public international law scholars and practitioners drafted the recently released Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber…
Lawfare Podcast with Ryan Goodman and Steve Vladeck
In case you missed it, this morning Benjamin Wittes of Lawfare sat down with our co-Editors-in-Chief, Ryan Goodman and Steve Vladeck, to discuss the launch of Just Security.…
Flip Flops?: The Conflict with Al Qaeda Is (Not) a War
Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, President George W. Bush justified several military actions on the ground that the United States was now in an armed conflict with Al…
Debate: Metadata and the Fourth Amendment
This post is the first in a series of posts from Just Security‘s Jennifer Granick and Guest Author Orin Kerr debating the constitutionality of the NSA’s telephony metadata…
The Deeper Lesson from Terrorist Expatriation Proposals
[Note: The following post is derived from remarks prepared for last Friday’s symposium on “Citizenship, Immigration and National Security After 9/11,” sponsored by the Fordham…
Debate: Metadata and the Fourth Amendment – A Reply to Jennifer Granick
This post is the second in a series from Just Security‘s Jennifer Granick and Guest Author Orin Kerr debating the constitutionality of the NSA’s telephony metadata…
Are Internet Backbone Pen Registers Constitutional?
Between Edward Snowden’s ongoing leaks and a series of frankly unprecedented disclosures by the government itself, the public now knows quite a bit about the NSA’s…
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Collection: Questions for Congress
The Anti-Corruption Tracker: Mapping the Erosion of Oversight and Accountability
Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers, Operation Southern Spear, Operation Absolute Resolve
Collection: Iran, Israel and the United States at War (2025-2026 Operations)
Just Security’s Artificial Intelligence Archive
Just Security’s Russia–Ukraine War Archive
Just Security’s Israel-Hamas War Archive
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
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Russia’s Eliminationist Rhetoric Against Ukraine: A Collection
Just Security’s Climate Archive
Syllabus Supplements
Collection: U.S., Greenland, and NATO
Immigration Habeas Tracker: Government Obstruction, Judicial Trust, and Accountability
Collection: Coverage of Trump Administration Executive Actions
Collection: ICE and CBP Operations in Minnesota and Other States
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