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75 Years On: Remaking the Case for the United Nations
With crosscurrents pointing to an “anti-multilateralist turn” in international affairs, it is imperative to make the case for a reinvigorated U.N.
Mass Job Losses and Other Economic Costs of President Trump’s Inaction on Coronavirus
An economic analysis of the impact of federal mismanagement of the coronavirus pandemic, including effects on unemployment and recession.
Early Edition: September 15, 2020
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Repatriating ISIS Family Members: A North Macedonia Model?
One of the smallest members of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS has adopted a comprehensive plan to bring home its citizens from squalid camps in Syria.
Déjà Vu All Over Again: Racial Disparity in the Military Justice System
Fifty years ago, a task force seeking to determine the nature and extent of racial disparities in the U.S. military justice system, grappled with many of the same questions that…
Early Edition: September 14, 2020
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Dannehy Resignation Confirms Barr’s Intent to Use Durham Probe for Political Ends
Nora Dannehy's involvement in the Justice Department's Russia probe, being led by U.S. Attorney John Durham, gave the endeavor a veneer of legitimacy. Now, that is now gone.
Recap of Recent Articles on Just Security (September 7-11)
Analysis of top national security, rights, and rule of law issues from the week.
Breaking: Colonel Montano, Extradited from the United States, Found Guilty of the Jesuits Massacre by Spanish Court
UPDATE: The judgment is available here (in Spanish). A Spanish court has convicted Colonel Inocente Orlando Montano for his role in the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests, their…
Toward a New Approach to National and Human Security: End Endless War
For nearly 20 years, successive U.S. administrations have adopted a costly war-based approach to national security and counterterrorism policy that has no clear endgame in sight.…
Toward a New Approach to National and Human Security: Uphold the Prohibition on Torture
A full reckoning for state-sanctioned American torture remains unfinished. The Obama administration took important steps towards fulfilling US obligations but fell short of what…
Toward a New Approach to National and Human Security: End Unlawful, Secret, and Unaccountable Use of Lethal Force
A core component of post-9/11 counterterrorism policy has been the use of secretive and unaccountable killings of terrorism suspects. The killings must stop. Here's how the president…