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A New National Security Framework for Foreign Interference
Campaign-finance laws are inadequate to address today's foreign interference threat. Instead, a national security approach is needed.
National Security at the United Nations This Week
UNGA gets underway amid climate protests, Iran-U.S. tensions, the conspicuous absences of Xi and Putin, and domestic political trouble for President Trump.
An Overview of International Humanitarian Law in France’s New Cyber Document
France's positions explained - with translations of key text - on important issues like the meaning of "attack" and the application of the principles of distinction and proportionality…
The Iceberg’s Tip: Ukraine Phone Call and the Months-Long Conspiracy to Violate Federal Campaign Finance Laws
Top election law expert writes about "the absurdity of the Justice Department’s refusal to investigate."
The Early Edition: September 27, 2019
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…
The Early Edition: September 26, 2019
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…
Whistleblower Says White House Took Unusual Steps to Limit Access to Ukraine Call Record
"According to a person familiar with the content of the complaint who spoke to Just Security, when the call was over, senior White House officials pulled the verbatim transcript…
Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism’s ‘Transparency Report’ Raises More Questions Than Answers
The Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism doesn’t go far enough in allaying concerns about the negative impacts on freedom of expression facilitated by this opaque, private…
Trump’s Call to Ukraine May Constitute “Honest Services Fraud”—A Core Crime of Public Corruption
Missing from the conversation is the public corruption crime of honest services fraud, and it fits the reported facts, writes Barbara McQuade, former United States Attorney for…
The Early Edition: September 25, 2019
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…
The Swiftboating of Joe Biden
The Vice President’s Anti-Corruption Efforts in Ukraine May Have Harmed His Son’s Company
Do Moral Judgments of War Support the Principle of Combatant Equality?: What Empirical Studies Tells Us
Are our moral intuitions about war in line with the crucial principle of combatant equality in the law of armed conflict? A moral psychology study begins mapping out and explaining…