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Early Edition: November 13, 2023

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Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (November 4-10)

Veterans Day • Israel-Hamas War • Biden administration: Artificial intelligence • Symposium: Atrocity prevention • Crimes Against Humanity • Big Tech regulation • FISA…
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Book Review: An Optimist’s Guide to Reining In Big Tech

In his new book, Mark MacCarthy offers a timely blueprint for applying tools developed for other industries to regulate Big Tech.
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DOJ Will Use Trump’s Continued Embrace of Jan. 6 Rioters to Prove Its Case

Former President Donald Trump's statements can show he had the requisite criminal intent in the actions he took to overturn an election.
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On Veterans Day, Collected Reflections on Service and National Security

In recognition of Veterans Day, a collection of thoughtful Just Security articles from the past year by veterans and/or about the role of servicemembers and military families in…

Early Edition: November 10, 2023

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Coffins are lined up next to graves as a mass funeral takes place to bury victims of a military strike on a camp for displaced people near the northern Myanmar town of Laiza on October 10, 2023. Twenty-nine people were killed and dozens wounded in a military strike on a camp for displaced people in northern Myanmar, a spokesman for an ethnic rebel group that controls the area told AFP on October 10. (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Why the United Nations Keeps Failing Victims of Atrocity Crimes

Prevention and the responsibility to protect are subordinated to other UN agendas, and special advisers too often sidelined.
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Continued Positive Momentum on Crimes Against Humanity Treaty

An update on the U.N. General Assembly's Sixth Committee session in October, and what to expect for a proposed crimes against humanity treaty.

Early Edition: November 9, 2023

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In Gaza, Catastrophic Violence of War and Slow Violence of Oppression Collide

The excesses of atrocity should not distract from the quieter, quotidian violence that started long before the 2023 Israel-Hamas War.
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Law and Policy Guide to US Arms Transfers to Israel

A guide to the humanitarian law conditions on U.S. arms sales and security assistance to Israel.

Early Edition: November 8, 2023

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