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Early Edition: May 20, 2026

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Residents walk with a bicycle past destroyed buildings in Yarmouk camp, Damascus, Syria, on November 8, 2025. Established in 1957, Yarmouk was once the largest Palestinian refugee community in Syria, but years of conflict left much of it in ruins. (Photo by Omar Albaw / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by OMAR ALBAW/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Starvation on Trial: Koblenz and the Case of Yarmouk

A trial in Germany concerning the siege of Yarmouk in Syria tests the application of universal jurisdiction to patterns of siege warfare and civilian deprivation.
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State and Administrative Law Backstops to Federal Corruption

How the Administrative Procedure Act and state unfair competition laws could be used to punish, deter, or expose corruption in the federal government.
A congressional hearing room with multiple U.S. defense and military officials seated at a table beneath the U.S. Department of Defense seal and service emblems on the wall, with portraits, flags, and the nameplate “HON Hegseth” visible in the foreground.

The Armed Forces Need the Military Justice Review Panel

Rather than some new handcrafted DoD entity, it is crucial that the Military Justice Review Panel (MJRP) be restored as required under statute.

Early Edition: May 19, 2026

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The United States: Sanctions Implementer and Sanctions Safe Haven?

For decades, the United States has stood as the greatest leader in the sanctions space, as well as the greatest provider of tools for sanctioned entities to circumvent them.

Early Edition: May 18, 2026

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Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (May 11-15, 2026)

Symposium: Intersection of Sanctions and Corruption • Series: Syria in Transition • Series: When Guardrails Erode • Russia-Ukraine War • U.S. Military • Armed Conflict…
A protester shouts slogans and gestures by a picture of Polish Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro stuck on wheelbarrow, as a symbol of dismissal, during a demonstration in front of the Polish Parliament as Polish Senators decide about new bill changing the judiciary system, in Warsaw, on July 21, 2017 (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

If President Trump is Concerned With the Entry of “Criminal Aliens,” Why Is the U.S. Welcoming Corrupt Foreign Officials?

A former justice minister from Poland who is wanted there on abuse of power charges has somehow turned up in the United States.
A large crowd waves Syrian flags — green, white, and black with a red star in the center — in Umayyad Square in Damascus.

The Next Frontier: Overcoming Crime and Corruption in Post-Sanctions States

Post-sanctions economic recovery requires a roadmap, new partners, and new practices that can displace, prosecute, and deter corruption that flourished under sanctions.
A F-16 jet fighter of Royal Dutch Air Force lands on the runway of Volkel air base, southern Netherlands, on January 2, 2019. - The Dutch Air Force took part in the Air Task Force Middle East mission to fight against ISIS in Iraq and Eastern Syria. (EMKO DE WAAL/AFP via Getty Images)

The Netherlands Sets New Path for Investigating Evidence of Civilian Harm in Modern Conflict

A Dutch probe into a 2016 Mosul airstrike exposes how outdated intelligence and weak assessments led to civilian deaths, offering key lessons for accountability.
French President Macron (seated on left), European Commission President von der Leyen (standing center), and European Council President Antonio Costa (seated right) interact as three men stand behind them. Macron, his hands clasped at his chin, is listening to von der Leyen and Costa.

The Transatlantic Dilemma: How to Pursue Autonomy Without Foreclosing Future Cooperation

Transatlantic relations are unraveling as U.S.-Europe tensions deepen over Ukraine, Iran, and NATO, risking a long-term shift from cooperation to strategic rivalry.
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