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What Just Happened? Dismantling the Intelligence Community’s Foreign Malign Influence Center

Director of National Intelligence Gabbard is dismantling the last government unit tracking and analyzing State-sponsored interference in U.S. institutions, elections, and society.
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The Fantasy of a European Reassurance Force for Ukraine

A European "reassurance force" for Ukraine risks being another notional "guarantee" offering little more than a false sense of security.

Early Edition: August 28, 2025

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Quantum Supply Chains: A Test Case for a New Economic World Order

Quantum is a test case of a new economic paradigm, in which technological leadership — not market size alone — determines success.
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America’s Missile Shield Raises Legal and Cybersecurity Concerns

The Golden Dome raises urgent questions: What are the legal boundaries for weapons in orbit? How can the United States prevent cybersecurity liabilities?

Early Edition: August 27, 2025

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IMAGES (left to right): Natural disaster and its consequences (via Getty Images); In this picture taken on September 28, 2022, an internally displaced flood-affected family sits outside their tent at a makeshift tent camp in Jamshoro district of Sindh province (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum/AFP via Getty Images; Trees smolder and burn during the Dixie fire near Greenville, California on August 3, 2021. – Numerous fires are raging through the state’s northern forests, as climate change makes wildfire season longer, hotter and more devastating. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Just Security’s Climate Archive

A catalog of articles analyzing the diplomatic, political, legal, security, and humanitarian consequences of the international climate crisis.
Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) await the verdict of a sentencing on November 20, 2024 at the ICC court in The Hague. (Photo by EVA PLEVIER/ANP/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Raising the Cost of U.S. Coercion Against the ICC

Previous administrations sought to reinterpret, evade, or selectively engage with international law. The Trump administration is actively delegitimizing and dismantling it.
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The AI Action Plans: How Similar are the U.S. and Chinese Playbooks?

Despite different rhetoric, Washington's & Beijing's AI Action Plans converge on the need to advance AI adoption, expand diffusion, & manage risks.

Early Edition: August 26, 2025

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The Just Security Podcast: What Just Happened — John Bolton Search Warrants

Mary McCord and Zachary Myers join David Aaron to discuss search warrants executed last week at former National Security Advisor John Bolton's office and residence.
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