Operation Southern Spear: Why the Crews, Drugs, and Boats are Not Targetable

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. 

Tess Bridgeman discusses the legality of orders to kill shipwrecked survivors of a U.S. targeted  vessel in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.

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

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

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.

Executive Editor Rebecca Hamilton updated Australians on the war in Sudan in an extended interview with TV Broadcaster ABC.

JS Executive Editor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin KC (Hons) has been elected to the British Academy’s Fellowship, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.

Congratulations to JS Executive Editor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2025-2026 in the Fullbright-Schuman European Union Affairs Program.

Oona Hathaway is one of 20 fellows awarded the Berlin Prize by the American Academy in Berlin. She will use the fellowship to write her book, “War Unbound.”

JS co-editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman discussed friction between president Trump and conservative legal community over judicial appointees with FT’s US legal and enforcement correspondent, Stefania Palma. 

JS co-editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman discussed the political and legal challenges facing the Trump administration’s immigration policy with WSJ Supreme Court Correspondent Jess Bravin.  

Senior writer for the ABA Journal, Debra Cassens Weiss, features Dean Erwin Chemerinsky’s article about a provision in the House budget bill that would limit federal courts’ contempt power.   

Congratulations to Monica Bell, who will join the 26th class of Radcliffe fellows. Bell was chosen for her expertise in issues of inequality, violence, safety, and racial justice.

Congratulations to Executive Editor Bec Hamilton, American University’s 2025 Scholar/Teacher of the Year. The award recognizes her for “immeasurably” contributing to the AU community and the field of law.

Congratulations to Executive Editor Oona Hathaway, who will join the 100th class of Guggenheim Fellows. She was tapped based on “prior career achievement and exceptional promise.”

Just Security’s Director for AI & Emerging Technologies Dr. Brianna Rosen chaired a panel on AI diplomacy and defence at the Qatar-UK AI Symposium in London.

JS co-editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman discussed the legal implications, and told the Post his fears for downstream effects. Read Goodman’s analysis of criminal law precedents relevant to Signal Gate.

JS Executive Editor Rebecca Hamilton spoke to The World’s Carolyn Beeler about the U.S. State Department’s revocation of visas for all South Sudanese nationals.  

Just Security Executive Editor Matiangai Sirleaf wins American Society of International Law’s Certificate of Merit book award for high technical craftsmanship and utility to lawyers and scholars. 

Executive Editor Oona Hathaway nominated to serve as President-elect of the American Society of International Law. The organization is home to over 3000 international law scholars and practitioners.