Recent Articles
Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Jan. 3-6)
January 6th • Military justice / National Defense Authorization Act • Civilian harm in U.S. wars • Symposium: Values in foreign policy
Just Security Podcast: Unfinished Business of January 6th Committee
Andrew Weissmann, Mary McCord join the podcast to analyze next steps for prosecutors and ongoing paramilitary and anti-democratic threats.
January 6th Report Exposes Ongoing, Converging Threat of Anti-Democracy Schemes and Paramilitary Violence
Top experts on militias in the United States highlight January 6th Report findings, mounting threats, prevailing mythologies -- and what we can all do about it.
Early Edition: January 6, 2023
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Insiders’ View of the January 6th Committee’s Social Media Investigation
Former investigators from the January 6th Select Committee's Purple Team discuss their assessments.
Investigating (Mis)conduct in War is Already Difficult: Will the use of Military AI Make it Harder?
While AI could strengthen some aspects of wartime investigations, it also presents significant challenges around assessing collected evidence.
Early Edition: January 5, 2023
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Toward a Values-Based Foreign Policy: Developing an Ethical Checklist
The Biden administration can do more to develop and implement a “values-based” approach to foreign policy.
Under the Pentagon’s New Civilian Harm Action Plan, Addressing Credible Cases is a Moral Imperative
If the new CHMR-AP is to have a meaningful impact, it must address families making requests of the Pentagon now.
Early Edition: January 4, 2023
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January 6th Report Summarizes Extremist Threat – But Leaves Key Gaps
"The absence of recommendations concerning violent extremism and law enforcement represent two of the most glaring omissions in the report."
The Military Justice Provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
"There’s bad news and good news" for military justice reform and "a wake-up call for all the players to put on their long-range thinking caps."