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Parchment paper reading, “The Good Governance Papers: A Collection of Essays in favor of public integrity and the rule of law as written upon at Just Security Fall 2020”

Good Governance Paper No. 11: Strengthening Inspectors General

Eleventh essay in a series of top experts exploring proposals to restore and promote nonpartisan principles of good government, public integrity, and the rule of law.
The final day of negotiations on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) at the United Nations in New York in July 2017.

A Turning Point in the Struggle Against the Bomb: The Nuclear Ban Treaty Ready to Go Into Effect

The US and other major nuclear powers tried to slow the momentum, but the treaty has already changed the conversation.
Parchment paper reading, “The Good Governance Papers: A Collection of Essays in favor of public integrity and the rule of law as written upon at Just Security Fall 2020”

Good Governance Paper No. 10: Addressing Foreign Election Interference—An Overdue To-Do List

Tenth essay in a series of top experts exploring proposals to restore and promote nonpartisan principles of good government, public integrity, and the rule of law.
The national flag of the United Kingdom is displayed as British troops and service personal remaining in Afghanistan are joined by International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) personnel and civilians as they gather for a Remembrance Sunday service at Kandahar Airfield November 9, 2014 in Kandahar, Afghanistan.

The U.K. Overseas Operations Bill: An Own Goal in the Making?

Many of those objecting to the bill in a constructive spirit acknowledge the problem the government is seeking to address, but chide it for going about it the wrong way.
Map of Finland with an abstract pattern representing networks.

Finland Sets Out Key Positions on International Cyber Law

Analysis of the Government of Finland's new statement on international law in cyberspace.
Demonstrators protest police brutality at the Lekki toll gate on October 20, 2020 in Lagos, Nigeria.

Nigerians Are the Latest to Risk Their Lives to Protest Against Police Brutality

As the United States inches closer to the presidential election, the fact that the protests in other countries mirror those here at home is an opportunity.

Early Edition: October 27, 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.  US…
Parchment paper reading, “The Good Governance Papers: A Collection of Essays in favor of public integrity and the rule of law as written upon at Just Security Fall 2020”

Good Governance Papers No. 9: Building an Effective Human Rights-Based Foreign Policy

Ninth essay in a series of top experts exploring proposals to restore and promote nonpartisan principles of good government, public integrity, and the rule of law.
Trump and Barr step off Air Force One without face masks on September 1, 2020.

Ethics Groups Say Barr’s Use of DOJ Is Shredding Its Essential Independence

A new report from two independent, non-partisan groups focused on ethics in government excoriates the operation of the Justice Department during the tenure of Attorney General…
A shop in Tahrir Square is spray painted with the word "Twitter" after the government shut off internet access on February 4, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt.

Disinformation Wars in Egypt: The Inauthentic Battle on Twitter between Egyptian Government and Opposition

The streets of Egypt are quiet, but last month Twitter seemed to suggest otherwise. Joey Shea and Alexei Abrahams explain why, tracking evidence of warring disinformation campaigns…
Asylum seekers in life rafts on the Aegean Sea

Torture by Rescue: Asylum-Seeker Pushbacks in the Aegean

Since at least March, Greece has been systematically returning asylum seekers who have arrived on its shores – who have the right to adjudication of their asylum claims – to…

Early Edition: October 26, 2020

Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated guide to major national security news and developments over the past weekend. Here’s today’s news. US DEVELOPMENTS                 …
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