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Lessons from Around the World: Engaging ‘Pillars of Support’ to Uphold and Expand Democracy

Cross-partisan movements that defeated far-right autocrats in Brazil and Poland demonstrate that crucial groups can propel democratic success.
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Maintaining the Rule of Law in the Age of AI

Absent robust guardrails, the increasing integration of AI into justice systems risks undermining the rule of law.

Early Edition: October 9, 2024

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Top 10 Election Litigation Cases in 2024 Implicating the Rule of Law

A new, regularly updated tracker for the 2024 election.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland (C) accompanied from left, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole Argentieri, head of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division Matt Olsen, takes a question from a reporter

Shattering Illusions: How Cyber Threat Intelligence Augments Legal Action against Russia’s Influence Operations

Recent U.S. Department of Justice actions against Russia's covert influence operations underscores the efficacy of legal countermeasures founded on actionable cyber threat intelligence.…

Early Edition: October 8, 2024

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Toward a Fuller Understanding of U.S. Legal Objections to ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant, Part I

An analysis of the view that ICC arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant are premature.
Supporters at the Move Forward Party (MFP) headquarters react after Thailand's Constitutional Court ruled that former MFP leader Pita Limjaroenrat was to receive a decade-long ban and dissolve his party after challenging royal defamation laws, in Bangkok on August 7, 2024. The Constitutional Court in Bangkok voted on August 7 "unanimously" to dissolve the Move Forward Party and ban its executive board, which includes its former leader Pita Limjaroenrat, for 10 years, judge Punya Udchachon said.

Thailand’s Chance to Send the Right Signal

Will the General Assembly elect Thailand to a seat on the Human Rights Council despite the country's cascading decline in human rights protections and democratic freedoms?
Smoke billows during an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese village of Khiam

Beyond Law: Reaffirming the Centrality of Ethics in War

The unmooring of law from ethics has catalyzed the expansion of violence across the Middle East.

Early Edition: October 7, 2024

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Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Sept. 28-Oct. 4)

Israel-Iran conflict • Russia-Ukraine War • Iranian 2024 election interference • U.S. 2020 election interference • United Nations • Series: Democratic backsliding / Polarization…
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