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Introduction to Just Security’s Series on Executive Order 9066, 80 Years After Signing

A collection of Just Security essays reflect on national security policy past and present, 80 years after Order that led to mass incarceration of Japanese Americans.

Early Edition: February 18, 2022

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A Yemeni man looks at graffiti protesting against US drone strikes on September 19, 2018 in Sana'a, Yemen.

What I Told Congress about U.S. Lethal Strikes

Congress should take steps to end America’s war-based approach to counterterrorism policy.

Deploring the Violence, Abandoning the Victim

A forthcoming rulemaking provides the opportunity for the US to realign its asylum procedures with a simple international - as well as moral - obligation: to save human lives.…

Early Edition: February 17, 2022

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2022 Update: Good Governance Paper No. 20: Repairing and Strengthening Norms of Nuclear Restraint

At one-year mark of Biden administration, top experts revisit proposals to restore and promote nonpartisan principles of good government.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic in Sochi on Nov. 25, 2021. (Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)

The Regional Danger of Serbia’s Government Disinformation Machine

Recent US sanctions target a TV station in Bosnia used for divisive propaganda. But the most significant vehicle is in neighboring Serbia.

A Transitional Period Constitutional Question in Sudan

Sudan's military derailed a transition to civilian control in October. The former Minister of Justice takes a deep dive into the legal ambiguity in key founding documents that…

Early Edition: February 16, 2022

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Ukraine: Unleashing the Rhetorical Dogs of War

Sending more arms to Ukraine offers false hope and avoids needed compromise, writes Barry Posen.
(L-R) Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel-General Alexander Fomin, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during the NATO-Russia Council meeting at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, on January 12, 2022.  (Photo by OLIVIER HOSLET/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

NATO Must Boost Hybrid Warfare Defenses

As the Russia-Ukraine crisis escalates, NATO must get serious about building resilience against hybrid warfare.
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Aid Agencies Can’t Fix Afghanistan’s Humanitarian Crisis

Crisis urgently requires structural, lasting policy solutions.
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