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Don’t Bother Suing China for Coronavirus

"Simply put, any scholar or practitioner with working knowledge of the law of foreign sovereign immunity would have taken one look at the headlines about these lawsuits (as I did)…
A Saudi man, wearing a protective mask as a precaution against COVID-19 coronavirus disease, walks past a mural showing the face of King Salman bin Abdulaziz, along Tahlia street in the centre of the capital Riyadh on March 15, 2020.

Ending Impunity: Now Is the Time for a UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Situation in Saudi Arabia

As the deadly COVID-19 virus spreads around the world, causing countries and communities to close in on themselves to deal with this unprecedented situation, the world cannot ignore…
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman James Risch (R-ID) (L) and ranking member Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ)

How Congress Can Save Lives, Protect Rights, and Exert U.S. Leadership Globally in Response to Coronavirus

Given the Trump administration’s foreign policy proclivities, it’s likely that Congress will have to do much of the heavy lifting.
Children in facemasks at a camp for displaced people in Atme town in Syria's northwestern Idlib province.

Putting People First: COVID-19 Reveals Shortcomings of US Approach to Security in the Middle East

The focus of U.S. policy in the Middle East over the past several decades has been on using military tools to fight terrorists, wage proxy wars, and support dictators who promise…

The Early Edition: April 8, 2020

Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and…
US Christine Levinson (C), the wife of ex-FBI agent Robert Levinson, her son Daniel (L) and her sister Susan (R) hold a press conference at the Swiss embassy in Tehran

Iran’s Murder of an American, CIA Contractor Bob Levinson, Suggests Impunity at Home Too

In light of the internal power struggle that turned Levinson into a tragic pawn on the bureaucratic chessboard, fundamental questions remain unanswered.
paper work displayed on a glass panel during a hackathon competition reads "ISIS Inc Extremist Club"

The U.N. Needs Help Sustaining the Global Approach to Violent Extremism

Advocates have few forums to discuss implementation and sensitive issues such as government actions that contribute to radicalization.
Female Marine Corps Recruits

All Americans: Extending Draft Registration Makes Us Stronger

If the US finds itself in a crisis necessitating a mobilization of the American people, it must be able to call on the talents of the entire population, men and women alike.

COVID-19 Shows How the U.S. Got National Security Wrong

Today's pandemic has revealed that our national security priorities have been completely wrong. It is past time to rethink what national security should mean.

The Early Edition: April 7, 2020

Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and…
Israeli police stop a vehicle at a checkpoint in Bnei Barak

Can Governments Track the Pandemic and Still Protect Privacy?

A team of Europeans is creating a different contact-tracing tool that they say is designed to limit the collection and exposure of personal data.
Committee ranking member Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) talks with committee chairman Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.

Congress Must Insert Oversight of Intel Community in COVID Emergency Legislation

Governments often curtail individual liberties when faced with national or global emergencies. Unsurprisingly, one result of the COVID-19 pandemic is that governments around the…
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