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Needed: A Whistleblower Protection Paradigm Shift
What should be done to provide truly meaningful and effective protections for government employees or contractors seeking to expose wrongdoing in the Intelligence Community?

To Prevent Atrocities, Break Bureaucratic Silos, Don’t Build A New One
Attempts to reduce risks of mass atrocities will be stronger if they are integrated with policy efforts to prevent conflict, address fragility, and counter extremism.

Reviving the US Commitment to Women’s Rights and Gender Equality: The UN Commission on the Status of Women
The Biden administration should use the March gathering to highlight policies or programs to advance gender equality at home and abroad.

Early Edition: December 15, 2020
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. RUSSIAN…

The Definition of Aggression and Self-Defense
Exactly forty-six years ago, on December 14, 1974, the United Nations General Assembly adopted, by consensus, the Definition of Aggression, “the most serious and dangerous form…

The Bosnian Constitution, Marking 25 Years, Needs an American Reboot
The US has a historic opportunity to return to the country of its greatest post-Cold War triumph and mark its own homecoming to the international community.

The Constitutionality of Non-Specific Pardons
What the Framers' understanding and subsequent presidential practice tell us.

Biden Must Stick to His Pledge to End US Support for the Yemen War
The war in Yemen is a global mark of shame, and the resulting humanitarian disaster threatens the lives of 24 million people.

Early Edition: December 14, 2020
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Recap of Recent Articles on Just Security (Dec 5-11)
Analysis of the week's news and developments.

National Security Last Week at the United Nations (Dec 4 – Dec 11)
Ethiopia’s Forces Fire On, Detain U.N. Personnel; UNHCR Voices Alarm Ethiopia’s security forces shot at and detained U.N. staffers as they tried to reach part of the embattled…

Defending Women’s Rights Is Not Terrorism: A Saudi Prosecution on Human Rights Day
UN entities that support and enable counterterrorism, including in cooperation with the Kingdom, must ensure such abuses end.