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Squandered Opportunity?—Despite New Agreement, South Sudan’s Civil War Continues
Although the pact reached in late June to bring an end to South Sudan's civil war is certainty a positive development, it is by no means assured that the agreement will last.
The Early Edition: July 9, 2018
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 abroad.…
Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (June 30-July 6)
What a year last week was! Here's our analysis of topics including family separation, Yemen War, cyber attacks, civil suit against Trump Foundation, US airstrikes and civilian…
Lip Service Paid to Human Rights During UN Counterterrorism Week
Last week was counterterrorism week at United Nations headquarters in New York. Conference rooms and the General Assembly hall were abuzz as national intelligence and security…
Unpacking DOJ’s New Claim that DHS Can Legally Detain Migrant Children with Their Parents for Longer than Twenty Days
The Trump administration recently claimed it could not reunite migrant children with parents who are being held in ICE detention due to a court order requiring the government to…
Norms Watch: Damage to Democracy and Rule of Law in June 2018
We’re reviving Norms Watch, our series tracking President Donald Trump’s divergence from democratic norms, as well as the ways norms are sometimes discarded in reaction to…
What Makes the Lawsuit against Trump’s Foundation Very Different
Last week, the New York Supreme Court set an October date to hear motions in state attorney general Barbara Underwood’s civil suit against Donald Trump, his eldest children,…
The Early Edition: July 6, 2018
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Time for a Reckoning in Yemen
Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Stephen Rapp writes that "Americans are also at risk … of complicity in the crimes committed by coalition forces" in the…
Overdue US Admission that Civilians Were Killed in Syria Strike Is Still Insufficient
It finally admitted to it. After months of denying that any civilians died, the United States-led coalition in Syria has finally recognized that its strike on a boarding school…
Studies: Mass Detention of Migrant Families is Unnecessary, Inefficient
The administration’s turn toward mass detention of asylum seekers and migrants flies in the face of numerous empirical studies, including the government’s own statistics, that…
The Early Edition: July 5, 2018
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