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Recap of Recent Articles on Just Security (August 14-20)

Afghanistan • Haiti • Intelligence Community and technology • Gun violence-transboundary (Mexico)

Early Edition: August 20, 2021

Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated guide to major national security news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news. AFGHANISTAN…
Investigators search for evidence in and around the wreckage of a Police bus at the site of a bomb blast in Kabul, 17 June 2007.

Evidence Destruction and the Crisis In Afghanistan

Evidence of international crimes is at risk in Afghanistan - endangering witnesses, victims, and the pursuit of justice. The international community must take steps to secure it.
A Taliban fighter with a large gun walks past a beauty salon with images of women defaced using spray paint in Shar-e-Naw in Kabul on August 18, 2021.

Take Time to Judge Taliban’s Actions, Not Words

The US and its partners must condition diplomatic recognition on the Taliban meeting human rights and counterterrorism standards.
People offload bags of food flown in from the United States at Antoine Simon airport after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on August 19, 2021 in Les Cayes, Haiti.

Amid Haiti’s Deepening Crisis After Earthquake, US Must Heed Citizens on Aid and Political Change

Assistance will be ineffective unless it's directed to the right people and comes with backing for civil society to fix the broken state.

Early Edition: August 19, 2021

Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated guide to major national security news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news. AFGHANISTAN…
Two Colt guns are on display at the Museum of Drugs of Mexico City, on December 3, 2008.

Mexico v. Smith & Wesson: Does US Immunity for Gun Manufacturers Apply Extraterritorially?

The plaintiffs have a strong argument that a 2005 immunity law does not prohibit some of their claims.
Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, Ghulam M. Isaczai waits to speak during a UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan on August 16, 2021 at the United Nations in New York.

Expert Backgrounder: How Can The Taliban Be Prevented From Representing Afghanistan In The United Nations?

A masterclass in law and practice, of United Nations credentials system by former U.N. Assistant-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris (on screen) hold a video conference with the national security team (on screen) to discuss the ongoing efforts to draw down our civilian footprint in Afghanistan August 16, 2021 at Camp David in Frederick County, Maryland. Biden sits at a large conference table alone with the video screen on the opposite wall.

CIA’s Former Counterterrorism Chief for the Region: Afghanistan, Not An Intelligence Failure — Something Much Worse

"While it’s certainly convenient to depict the shock and miscalculation U.S. officials claim over Afghanistan’s tragic, rapid fall to the Taliban as an intelligence failure,…

Early Edition: August 18, 2021

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A Taliban fighter with a gun patrols along a street in Kabul on August 17, 2021. The flag of the Taliban stands in a traffic cone at a vehicle checkpoint.

Expert Backgrounder: Recognition and the Taliban

An expert analysis of the international law of recognition of governments, and four diplomatic options states have in addressing the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

Early Edition: August 17, 2021

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