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The Netherlands' Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok speaks during a debate about Socialist Party (SP) party chairman Murat Memis at the Senate, in The Hague, on December 26, 2019.

The Netherlands Releases a Tour de Force on International Law in Cyberspace: Analysis

The Dutch make a major contribution to interpretation and application of international law in cyberspace with careful legal analysis on topics ranging from sovereignty to the use…
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Recap of Recent Articles on Just Security (Oct. 7-11)

Topics we covered this week: Impeachment, Detainees in Syria and Guantanamo, Torture, CLOUD Act, Kleptocracy, Authoritarianism and the rule of law (Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Philippines,…
Geoffrey Berman, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Attorney’s Office of Southern District of New York on October 10, 2019 in New York City.

Campaign Finance Enforcement Is an Essential Component of National Security

This week’s campaign finance enforcement action could not have come at a more important time for defending American democracy from foreign interference.
Security Council meeting on The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

National Security at the United Nations This Week

An emergency Security Council meeting on Turkey's offensive in Syria, another peacekeeper casualty in Mali, the UN's cash crisis, and more.
The dome of the U.S. Capitol Buidling and the US flag.

The Need for a Bipartisan Stand Against the White House Counsel Letter 

Former general counsel to Sen. Marco Rubio and senior Republican counsel on Senate Judiciary Committee writes about impeachment inquiry.

The Early Edition: October 11, 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…
A statute of Poland’s 17th-century monarch King Sigismund III Vasa covered with a chasuble reading the word "Constitution" on September 17, 2018.

Did the ECJ Just Give a Stamp of Approval to Poland’s Backsliding?

The European Court of Justice is set to rule this year or early next on Poland’s two-year-old revised disciplinary regime for judges, a central mechanism that the ruling Law…
A newspaper illustration of the vote on the Impeachment of President Johnson in 1868.

White House Letter Distorts Both Law and History on Impeachment

Leading historian on impeachment heavily criticizes White House Counsel's representation of cases and historical practice.

The Early Edition: October 10, 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…
Supporters of former secretary to the ministry of defence and presidential candidate, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, celebrate outside Sri Lanka's Court of Appeal in Colombo on October 4, 2019, after a petition challenging his Sri Lankan nationality was taken to court and then dismissed.

Sri Lankan War Criminal Gotabaya Rajapaksa May Escape Accountability Yet Again, This Time by Running for President

Recent developments in a pair of human rights cases in U.S. federal court against former Sri Lankan Defense Minister and current presidential hopeful Gotabaya (“Gota”) Rajapakse…
Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, and Principal Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley listen during a Rose Garden event at the White House May 7, 2019 in Washington, DC.

Two Major Distortions in the White House’s Scorched Earth Letter to Congress

White House Counsel Cipollone's letter to Congress is a profoundly troubling document with a political purpose: stonewalling Congress while trying to muddy the waters with pretextual…
Razor wire tops the fence of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay on October 23, 2016 at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

18 Years After 9/11, Why Is Guantánamo Still Open?

That a child born on that day the planes hit would by now have gained the right to vote, but there has yet to be a trial of the alleged attackers, serves to highlight how painfully…
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