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Early Edition: September 13, 2021

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Recap of Recent Articles on Just Security (September 4-11)

Our coverage of the week in one place.
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Paradigm Shift: The Consequences of Choosing a War Path, and Leaving It

We owe it to the next generation to grapple now with the consequences of remaining at war -- as well as the consequences of choosing not to be -- lest we find ourselves reflexively…
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Adopting a Whole-of-Society Approach to Terrorism and Counterterrorism

A counterterrorism strategy is stronger when it reflects input and active participation from diverse stakeholders beyond government.
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Crossing Back Over: Time to Reform Legal Culture and Legal Practice of the “War on Terror”

As the conflict has grown and changed, responsibility for these changes has too often been thrust on the shoulders of executive lawyers.

Early Edition: September 10, 2021

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U.S. President George W. Bush speaks 08 November, 2001, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Police and other uniformed people stand behind him.

Two Decades Later, Still Reckoning With 9/11

On the 20th anniversary, experts disagree on how the most complex problems that dogged the “war on terror” should have been solved.
Two tall greyscale rectangles cast dark shadows representing the Twin Towers. Text reads, “How Perpetual War Has Changed Us: Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11”

Human Rights Advocacy and the Institutionalization of U.S. “Counterterrorism” Policies Since 9/11

A critical reflection on post-9/11 human rights advocacy, and lessons learned from hindsight.
Two tall greyscale rectangles cast dark shadows representing the Twin Towers. Text reads, “How Perpetual War Has Changed Us: Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11”

Immigration Policy Before and After 9/11: From the INS to DHS – Where Did We Go Wrong?

Creating DHS, escalated the adversarial approach to immigration by blurring the lines between national security and immigration enforcement.
Two tall greyscale rectangles cast dark shadows representing the Twin Towers. Text reads, “How Perpetual War Has Changed Us: Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11”

How to Responsibly End Three Key Rights-Abusing Post-9/11 Policies

Accountability needs to include reckoning with Guantanamo, state-sanctioned U.S. torture, and secretive and unlawful lethal strikes.

Early Edition: September 9, 2021

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Oh, the Humanity

Reviewing Samuel Moyn, Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, September 2021), 416 pp. Samuel Moyn’s new book…
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