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Biden’s Cooperation with the ICC Is a Step Toward Embracing Reality

Biden's decision may end a dangerous practice of wishful thinking about U.S. exposure to the ICC’s jurisdiction, one that has helped enable U.S. policies ranging from attacks…
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Ukraine Shows that Military Aid Transparency Is Possible

While the administration deserves credit for transparency on aid to Ukraine, the approach casts a stark light on the opacity of broader security cooperation programming and begs…

Early Edition: August 18, 2023

Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news. GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS…
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The UN Should Increase Support for the Responsibility to Protect

Efforts to protect populations from atrocity crimes are unlikely to advance without an empowered senior U.N. official at the helm.
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How Military Leaders Can Navigate a Crisis of Democracy: Lessons from the Reservist Protests in Israel

Leaders must communicate carefully with the public and subordinates, and minimize damage to the military, without adding to societal tension.
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The Just Security Podcast: The Trump Indictment in Georgia

The indictment charges that the defendants engaged in a sweeping criminal enterprise to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. 

Early Edition: August 17, 2023

Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news. RUSSIA-UKRAINE…
Protesters hold signs in French opposing ECOWAS.

An International Law Assessment of ECOWAS’ Threat to Use Force in Niger

Under international law, the only possible legal basis for a potential ECOWAS military intervention would be an invitation by Niger extended to ECOWAS to use force on its territory.

What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Trump Trial in Fulton County

Legal experts answer questions about what to expect in the Fulton County, Georgia prosecution of former President Donald Trump and co-defendants.
STRAIT OF HORMUZ (Aug. 6, 2023) An L3 Harris Arabian Fox MAST-13 unmanned surface vessel, front, the U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141), the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) transit the Strait of Hormuz, Aug. 6, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo)

Renewed Tensions in the Persian Gulf: Further War Powers Lessons from the Tanker War

The possibility of unilateral use of force spiraling into conflict in the Middle East should generate a sense of urgency on Capitol Hill for tackling war powers reform.
(From L to R) Former Serbian Minister of Defence Zoran Djordjevic, then-Serbian Minister of Defence Aleksandar Vulin, Serbian Ambassador in Bosnia and Herzegovina Stanimir Vukicevic and President of the Serbian entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Republika Srpska) Milorad Dodik attend an event to promote Slavic - Serbian ties on July 7, 2017 in Bratunac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The gathering aimed to highlight Bosnian Serb victims of the Bosnian 1992-1995 war. Bratunac is located near Srebrenica, where the genocide against Muslim Bosnian civilians by Bosnian Serbs forces took place in 1995. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

US Sanctions Against Serbia’s Intel Boss Should Signal a More Holistic Policy Redo

The commendable action will only have an impact as part of a broader change in the Biden administration’s posture on the Western Balkans.
White makeshift tent shelters stretch into the distance against a blue sky at the Russayo site in Eastern DRC.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Unheard Humanitarian Crisis

Since MSF raised the alarm about sexual violence and the crisis in eastern DRC as a whole, a slew of diplomats, U.N. officials, and local authorities have visited and expressed…
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