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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…
The Early Edition: September 24, 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 Yemen Project: Open Source Investigations and the Law of War
An unprecedented open source investigation aids the legal analysis of allegedly unlawful strikes by the Saudi-led coalition, but also has limits in reaching legal conclusions under…
The “Quid” is a Crime: No Need to Prove “Pro Quo” in Ukrainegate
Top election law expert, Paul S. Ryan of nonpartisan group Common Cause, explains the felonies that apply to allegations in Ukrainegate.
The Early Edition: September 23, 2019
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Recap of Recent Articles on Just Security (Sept. 16-20)
Ukrainegate, France and Cyber Warfare, Climate Change, Strikes on Saudi Aramco, Yemen War, and much, much more
Intel Whistleblower Complaint Q&A Part 2: Constitutional Boogaloo
Developments in the Intelligence Community whistleblower story raise new legal questions.
President Trump, We Can Handle the Truth
Last night, the president’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani had his own Col. Nathan Jessup moment on primetime TV. Fired-up and angry enough, like Jack Nicholson’s character in the movie…
National Security at the United Nations This 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,…
Yemen Group of Experts’ Report Highlights Need to Halt Arms Sales
The UN Group of Experts’ report on Yemen shows that the U.S (and its allies) have helped create a humanitarian disaster in Yemen and have a duty to help end it, starting by immediately…
Climate Change Denialism Poses a National Security Threat
We need innovative legal and policy solutions to tackle the “super wicked” problems caused by climate change. Here are three interrelated climate-security questions that are…
The Early Edition: September 20, 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…