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Inter-American Court of Human Rights Delivers Landmark Opinion on Climate Emergency

The advisory opinion provides a blueprint for policymakers and advocates seeking to drive forward climate action in the Americas.

Early Edition: July 22, 2025

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Understanding DHS’s and ICE’s New Powers in Comparative Perspective

Highlights of podcast discussion by experts on DHS, DOJ and Congress.
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Rethinking the Global AI Race

If the United States continues to frame AI primarily as a short-term sprint toward technical milestones, it risks falling behind global peers and adversaries.

Early Edition: July 21, 2025

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Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (July 14-18, 2025)

Just Security Editorial Board • Series: Governing the quantum revolution • AI & cyber • Trump executive actions • U.S. diplomacy • United States / Syria • U.S. national…
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The Trump Administration’s AI Action Plan Is Coming. Here’s What to Look For.

From export controls to the U.S. workforce, the plan’s decisions will have major consequences for the country’s AI development & deployment.
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Understanding the Trump Administration’s Delisting of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham

On July 8, the Department of State removed Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), also known as Jabhat al-Nusrah, from the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list. In a press release…

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The Just Security Podcast: What Just Happened, The Budget Bill and the Future of DHS and ICE

Host David Aaron is joined by Steve Cash to discuss institutional constraints on the FBI and law enforcement agencies compared to DHS.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks as U.S. President Donald Trump meets with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the Oval Office of the White House on April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump and Bukele were expected to discuss a range of bilateral issues including the detention of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The Legal Fig Leaf: The US-El Salvador Detainee Diplomatic Notes

Declassified U.S.–El Salvador documents expose a shaky legal cover and continued U.S. control over detainees in CECOT, raising questions about complicity in potential abuses.
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A Warm Welcome to Mark Nevitt as a Just Security Editorial Board Member!

We are thrilled to welcome distinguished scholar and Emory law professor Mark Nevitt, Commander, JAGC (ret.), as a new member of Just Security's Editorial Board.
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