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Early Edition: February 26, 2026

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Big Tech’s Moment of Truth on AI Safety

AI companies should resist the urge to undercut Anthropic and use their collective leverage to make clear that access to frontier models comes with limits.

Proving Genocide: Genocidal Intent and Other Aims

In Gambia v. Myanmar, genocidal intent coexists with other aims, revealed through conduct or official statements, showing how destruction of a group can serve broader goals.
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How to Prevent the U.N. Global Counterterrorism Strategy Negotiations from Blowing Up

As the UN marks 20 years of its Global Counterterrorism Strategy, co-facilitators must steer fraught negotiations to protect human rights and preserve consensus.

Early Edition: February 25, 2026

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People react as they gather close to a mass grave in the town of Bucha, just northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on April 3, 2022.

Tracking Russia’s Eliminationist Rhetoric Against Ukraine

Updating a tracker of persistent rhetoric by Russian leaders and their associates -- more than 500 examples -- that may constitute evidence of genocidal intent.
Local residents leave the city of Kostyantynivka alongside volunteers, walking beneath protective nets installed above the road to shield against Russian FPV drone attacks as evacuations continue along this frontline corridor in the Donetsk region on February 13, 2026 in Kostyantynivka frontline, Ukraine. (Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)

What Negotiators Miss in Ukraine Talks: Territorial Concessions Would Abandon Real People – and Fail to Bring Peace

U.S.-led talks float Ukrainian territorial concessions to Russia, but such deals would abandon real communities and entrench an unjust, fragile peace.
EU and Ukrainian flags fly in the wind in front of the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarter for the 4th year anniversary of the full scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, on February 23, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo by Thierry Monasse/Getty Images)

Toward A Just and Lawful Peace in Ukraine: Part II

As the war in Ukraine continues to unfold, international lawyers must keep insisting that law be injected into diplomacy and accountability into power politics.

Early Edition: February 24, 2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick (C) and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer (R) during a press briefing held at the White House February 20, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

What Just Happened: Tariffs Are Gone and Then Back Again

The SCOTUS decision on Trump's tariffs, and the president’s subsequent reaction, leave many questions about tariff rates and what comes next.
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FBI’s “Stand Down” Directive to NYPD on Jeffrey Epstein Investigations, and More

The most comprehensive timeline to date of the publicly available record on New York law enforcement authorities’ action and inaction with regard to Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell…
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The End of Treaty Nostalgia: Arms Control After New START

New START’s expiration highlights the limits of arms control designed for an earlier era of bilateral rivalry, without accounting for factors such as China's buildup.
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