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The Early Edition: April 13, 2020

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Recap of Recent Articles on Just Security (April 6-10)

Coronavirus, Foreign Agents Registration Act, Military justice, military draft, Saudi Arabia, nuclear weapons, Countering Violent Extremism, United Nations, and more.
A temporary hospital is set up at the Jacob K. Javits Center on March 27, 2020 in New York. Cubicles with curtains are set up with a cot, a chair, a backpack, and a small garbage can each.

9/11 All Over Again

As in the days after 9/11, the current challenges stemming from COVID-19 seem unprecedented. But the parallels are striking.
Damaged furniture and hospital beds are seen inside a destroyed hospital in the town of Darret Ezza, about 30 kilometres northwest of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo after a reported air strike hit the building. February 17, 2020

National Security at the United Nations This Week (April 4-10)

The Syria hospital attacks inquiry, coronavirus job losses and nursing shortages, China's wet markets, Libya, and more in our UN recap.
Ryan Meyer, Nike Missile Site Coordinator for Everglades National Park, stands next to a door leading to a bunker attached to one of three facilities that were used to store and potentially launch both conventional and nuclear tipped Nike missiles in reaction to any Russian attack in the Everglades National Park on April 8, 2010 near Everglades City, Florida.

Extend New START — The World Can’t Afford a U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Race Too

The chances of successfully negotiating a new, complex deal including China were already slim before the coronavirus pandemic. Now, in the midst of what clearly will be an extended…
Bilboard of Fox News Cast

Lawsuit Against Fox News Over Coronavirus Coverage: Can It Succeed? Should It?

There are reasons to be wary of lawsuits as a tactic for controlling the information that media outlets disseminate, even if it is to punish Fox News.

The Early Edition: April 10, 2020

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Rohingya refugees, without wearing any mask or any other safty gear as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, wait in a relief distribution point at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia March 24, 2020.

COVID-19 and Humanitarian Access for Refugees and IDPs: Part 2 – Syria and Bangladesh

The coronavirus crisis should not function as a cover for repressive action under the guise of protecting health, especially in already vulnerable populations.
Emergency Medical Technicians bring a patient into Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn on April 6, 2020 in New York.

The Human Rights Lessons from COVID-19: Equality Requires Economic and Social Rights Protections

Minority communities are having to weather the worst of the pandemic. Still, the Trump administration continues its efforts to downplay the significance of economic and social…
Counter Terrorism-Conference summit in the UN General Assembly Hall

UN Counter-Terrorism Negotiations During COVID: Time for a Rethink

As COVID-19 continues its spread around the world, United Nations headquarters has been shuttered and business as usual suspended. The U.N. Security Council is operating through…
Democratic presidential hopeful former US vice president Joe Biden participates in the 11th Democratic Party 2020 presidential debate in a CNN Washington Bureau studio in Washington, DC on March 15, 2020.

Beware, Lobbyists: The Future of FARA Under a Biden Presidency

If Donald Trump loses the upcoming election in November, the Department of Justice’s Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) – the law that’s already tripped up numerous Trump…

The Early Edition: April 9, 2020

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