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Early Edition: November 6, 2023

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Nov. 6, 2023
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Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (October 28-November 3)

Israel-Hamas War • Symposium: Forever war • Symposium: Atrocity prevention • Children in conflict • Artificial intelligence • Trump prosecution and trials
Nov. 4, 2023
Women and children gather in a building at a camp for Sudan's internally displaced in al-Suwar, about 15 kilometres north of Wad Madani, on June 22, 2023. The fighting in Sudan between the regular army, led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), headed by his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, had by that point claimed more than 2,000 lives since war broke out on April 15. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Stolen Childhoods: The Emerging Generational Crisis in Sudan’s War

Death, displacement, and hunger demands action to overcome physical and logistical roadblocks to humanitarian aid.
Nov. 3, 2023 , and 1 more

Early Edition: November 3, 2023

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Nov. 3, 2023
The United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Sudan's Darfur region (UNAMID) hands over its sector headquarters to the Sudanese government in Khor Abachi, some 120 kilometres north of Nyala capital of South Darfur State, on February 15, 2021. The photo shows two soldiers outdoors at the headquarters facing each other, with one holding a folded flag. UNAMID ended its 13 years of operations in Darfur on December 31 and started a phased withdrawal of its 8,000 or so armed and civilian personnel over six months. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

From Darfur to Darfur: The Fall and Rise of Indifference to Mass Atrocities in Africa

This arc reveals both the African Union’s strengths and weaknesses in stopping atrocity crimes, and what it might yet accomplish.
Nov. 2, 2023
A general view shows the UN High-level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of Member States

Rethinking Counterterrorism

The failure of past counterterrorism policies and practice has led to unending cycles of violence.
Nov. 2, 2023

Early Edition: November 2, 2023

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Nov. 2, 2023
A picture shows the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp, which holds relatives of suspected Islamic State (IS) group fighters in the northeastern Hasakeh governorate. Children are pressed against a chain link fence during a security operation by the Kurdish Asayish security forces and the special forces of the Syrian Democratic Forces, on August 26, 2022. (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Extended Detention Compounds Trauma for Thousands of Child Victims of Terrorism in Syria Camps

Countries must accelerate repatriation of their citizens, but governments need assistance to enhance their support systems for families.
Nov. 1, 2023 and
President Biden and Vice President Harris speak at a podium in front of a sign titled "Artificial Intelligence"

Biden’s Executive Order on AI Gives Sweeping Mandate to DHS

The Biden administration's new executive order gives the DHS a wide-ranging portfolio of responsibilities related to artificial intelligence.
Nov. 1, 2023

Early Edition: November 1, 2023

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Nov. 1, 2023

The Discomforts of Politics: What Future for Atrocity Prevention?

Reinvigorating the atrocity prevention agenda requires focusing on accountability.
Oct. 31, 2023
Residents walk amid debris and destroyed Russian military vehicles on a street on April 06, 2022 in Bucha, Ukraine. The Ukrainian government has accused Russian forces of committing a "deliberate massacre" as they occupied and eventually retreated from Bucha, 25km northwest of Kyiv. Hundreds of bodies were found in the days after Ukrainian forces regained control of the town. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

The Future of Atrocity Prevention: A Joint Symposium

Introducing a collaboration with the Programme on International Peace and Security at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict.
Oct. 31, 2023
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