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Famine in Tigray, Humanitarian Access, and the War Crime of Starvation
The siege of Tigray has deprived civilians of critical aid - is it a war crime?
Questions the January 6 Select Committee Should Ask Its Witnesses
Dozens of specific questions for the Select Committee to ask, for witnesses to address even if not asked, for journalists to investigate, for the public to use as benchmarks, for…
Early Edition: July 26, 2021
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Recap of Recent Articles on Just Security (July 17-20)
Attack on U.S. Capitol • Afghanistan Withdrawal • Social Media • Immigration • War Powers • Disinformation, Election Interference (China) • War Crimes - Sexual Slavery…
Jan 6 Select Committee and Social Media Companies: 10 Key Pieces of Information to Subpoena
The Select Committee should request—better yet, subpoena—the following information from social media companies including Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Parler, and TikTok.
Expert Backgrounder: The Westfall Act and Representative Brooks’s Speech
Professor Paul Figley, who served as Deputy Director in Torts Branch of Justice Department's Civil Division for fifteen years, explains the legal framework for Swalwell v. Brooks,…
Know Your Rights: Whistleblowers and the January 6th Select Committee
"Existing laws have facilitated some of the most important testimony for congressional investigators in recent times."
Taliban Ascendance in Afghanistan Risks Return of Global Terrorist Hub
Walking in the Trump administration’s footsteps, the Biden team is making several miscalculations about the Taliban, which will undermine the U.S. ability to protect its counterterrorism…
Early Edition: July 23, 2021
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Wrong US Call — Haiti Needs a Credible Transitional Government
The Biden administration can still support a successful move to a credible civil society-brokered transitional government in several ways.
Biden Needs to Designate an Afghan Evacuation Interagency Task Force
The U.S. government must take an important step and announce the creation of an Inter-Agency Task Force to manage the Afghan refugee crisis.
Doubling Down on Deterrence
The Biden administration’s anti-asylum rhetoric harms refugees and won’t win votes.