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The Early Edition: June 15, 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.…
Michael Horowitz, Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled 'Oversight of the Foreign Agents Registration Act and Attempts to Influence U.S. Elections' in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, July 26, 2017 in Washington, DC.

The Complicated Truths of the DOJ IG Report

The DOJ IG report forces readers to hold multiple competing thoughts in your head at the same time.

What’s Ukraine Got to do With It? A Sideshow or Central Inquiry in Russia Probe?

Questions from a U.S. District Court judge recently in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s case against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort illustrate a common point of…

Appeals Judges Turn the ICC on its Head with Bemba Decision

Reversing Bemba's conviction turns the ICC's procedures upside down, with extremely negative consequences for the institution.

The Early Edition: June 14, 2018

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What Could Michael Cohen Tell Mueller about Russia Collusion?

"Cohen was in frequent contact with foreign individuals [who] had knowledge of or played a role in 2016 election meddling," according to two FBI agents, reported Buzzfeed News.

Letter to the Editor: Why Larger Defense Budgets Don’t Need to Come at the Expense of “Soft Power”

In his recent post (“The National Security Threat of Trump’s Defense Budget”) Bishop Garrison argues that the Trump administration’s proposed increases to the defense budget…

The Department of Defense’s Report on Civilian Casualties: A Step Forward in Transparency?

While the Pentagon's new report on civilian casualties is a step in the right direction, future DoD reports should include more detail on specific incidents, including discrepancies…

The Early Edition: June 13, 2018

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Testimony from the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Hearing on Election Interference

Ryan Goodman, Just Security‘s co-editor-in-chief, is testifying on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of its hearing on, “Election Interference:…

Letter to the Editor: A Perilous Peace Between the Koreas

The peace initiatives involving the United States and the two Koreas are rightly welcomed given the long history of conflict and division. There are however certain unspoken realities…
Voters cast their ballots at voting booths at PS198M The Straus School on November 8, 2016 in New York City, New York.

Will the Supreme Court’s Understanding of the First Amendment Thwart Laws Aimed at Limiting Foreign Influence in U.S. Elections?

Calling attention to perhaps the greatest impediment to effective limits on foreign influence on our elections: the United States Supreme Court.
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