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The Early Edition: February 11, 2020

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Congressional Science and Technology Capacity Must Be Revitalized

The time is now for Congress to build out its own expert capacity so that it can oversee — and, if necessary, try to compensate for the loss of — the highly technical expert…
Gina Haspel (L) is sworn in as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency alongside US President Donald Trump (R) and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (C) during a ceremony at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, May 21, 2018.

The CIA in the Age of Trump

Under Trump, the CIA workforce has experienced two directors unwilling to spend any of their political capital on encouraging the president to be more supportive of the Intelligence…
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, National Security Council Director for European Affairs, testifies before the House Intelligence Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill November 19, 2019 in Washington, DC.

The Friday Night Massacre’s Broader Context: Trump’s Redesign for American Democracy

As we discussed with one of the authors of the book, How Democracies Die, the purges fit an ominous path followed by elected autocrats.

The Early Edition: February 10, 2020

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Recap of Recent Articles on Just Security (Feb 3-7)

Impeachment and Ukraine, Russia’s links to white supremacy mobilization, Attorney General William Barr; Immigration and refugees; Arms control (landmines and nuclear weapons);…
A wide view of the Security Council as Ghassan Salamé (on screen), Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), briefs the Council meeting on the situation in Libya. 30 January 2020

National Security at the United Nations This Past Week

Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…
Pro-democracy protesters are pinned on the ground by police during a demonstration in Wan Chai district on October 6, 2019 in Hong Kong, China. Police wear full riot gear including gas masks.

The Use of Regional Jurisprudence in UN Draft General Comment on the Freedom of Assembly

Editor’s note from Ryan Goodman: Just Security is publishing a mini-forum on a significant document being drafted by the United Nations Human Rights Committee concerning the…
Two refugees, a Honduran child and her mother, sit on the ground of the border bridge after being denied entry from Mexico into the U.S. on June 25, 2018 in Brownsville, Texas. The mother covers her face and the child with her sweater, and two border agents lean against a wall in the background.

Never Mind “America First” — Trump’s Newly Expanded Immigration Ban Puts Americans Last

Nationality-based restrictions will separate families and are the wrong tool to promote public safety and national security.

The Early Edition: February 7, 2020

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Egyptian police wave batons at demonstrators demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms on January 25, 2011 in central Cairo.

Crossing the Line from Use of Force to Torture in Response to Peaceful Demonstrations

Editor’s note from Ryan Goodman: Just Security is publishing a mini-forum on a significant document being drafted by the United Nations Human Rights Committee concerning the…
Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) displays an inaccurate Tweet telling voters to cast ballots with text messages while she questions witnesses from Google, Facebook and Twitter during a Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee hearing in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill October 31, 2017 in Washington, DC.

As Election Primaries Approach, Red Flags Signal Voter Suppression Risks

Voter suppression tactics are as old as American democracy. But new technology has catapulted this threat to the next level, arming foreign governments and domestic disinformation…
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