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Early Edition: August 21, 2020
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The UN Security Council Is About to Dangerously Undermine Fair Trial Guarantees
Dangerous flaws in a current draft U.N. Security Council resolution on foreign fighters need to be addressed, if the Security Council is to live up to its responsibility to respect…

House and Senate Chart Different Courses on US Clandestine Support of Foreign Militias
Special Operations Forces are a prized US military asset that requires careful oversight to prevent abuses, strategic miscalculations, and mission failures.

How the US and the EU Can Support Belarus Amid Its Historic Protests
The US should work with the EU to isolate Lukashenko and his lieutenants with targeted sanctions, and facilitate a peaceful transition with new elections.

Early Edition: August 20, 2020
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How China is Violating Human Rights Treaties and its own Constitution in Xinjiang
China’s “Strike Hard” campaign against Uighurs and other Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, ... questionably framed by the Chinese government as a counterterrorism operation,…

A Military Litmus Test? Evaluating the Argument that Civilian Defense Leaders Need Military Experience
There are several reasons to reject blanket assertions that military service acts as a general qualifier for running or contributing to national security affairs in non-military…

“Head-On Into Peril”: Connecting 9/11 and Law Enforcement Abuses in Portland
"It was no accident that people of color (primarily Black and Latino Americans, and Muslims around the world) were the primary targets of both military and police agencies post-9/11…

Early Edition: August 19, 2020
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Ignoring Iraq’s Most Vulnerable Displaced Families Undermines US Stabilization Agenda in Iraq
U.S. troop numbers and economic reforms will no doubt receive the most attention in the U.S.-Iraq “strategic dialogue” set to continue this month. But the senior officials…

The Ties That Bind: The CIA in the Face of Presidential Attack
This is perhaps the most difficult time to be an intelligence officer since the creation of the CIA in 1947.

Early Edition: August 18, 2020
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