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Early Edition: April 22, 2026

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In the U.N.’s Counterterrorism Strategy Review, the Imperative of Global South Civil Society Participation

As the counterterrorism strategy review unfolds, the U.N., member states, and NGOs should take action to deepen civil society’s role, especially from the Global South.
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The Meta Oversight Board’s Advisory Opinion on Global Community Notes Rollout: Another Check on Platform Power?

A recent Meta Oversight Board Advisory Opinion marks a positive step in tackling misinformation and protecting digital rights on social media.
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Bosnian Serb Secessionists Wield Islamophobia to Gain International Support for Their Cause

In U.S. and Israel meetings, Bosnian Serb leaders used anti-Muslim rhetoric to gain support for their ethno-nationalist separatist project.

Early Edition: April 21, 2026

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Improvidently Granted: The Sleeper Supreme Court Case Affecting the Rights of 12.8 Million Green Card Holders

The Supreme Court should dismiss the case of Blanche v. Lau as improvidently granted. The stakes are too high, and the facts are mismatched to the legal question at hand.

A Primer on Just War Theory and the Iran War

Leading scholar explains just war theory and the Iran war. An assessment of the Trump administration's response to the Catholic Church.

Early Edition: April 20, 2026

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The International Rule of Law: A Struggle of Memory Against Forgetting

The role lawyers can play in ensuring that the norms underpinning the rules-based international order are not abandoned.
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Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Apr. 12-17, 2026)

U.S.-Israel-Iran War • Sudan War • Series: Syria in Transition • Hungary • FISA Section 702 • Tech Governance • Trump Executive Actions • U.S. Military • U.S. Boat…
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The Missing Convener: NSC’s Diminished Role and the Future of U.S. Investment Security

Despite a vast investment security system, the lack of a functioning NSC risks undermining agency coordination, rulemaking coherence, predictability, and enforcement.
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The Constitution’s Forgotten Term Limit on Military Power

Most constitutional experts have never given the Two-Year Clause a second thought. The circumstances that made that neglect tolerable are in the process of dissolving.
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