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“Does Anyone’s Law Matter at the Border?”: AALS Panel This Friday
For folks who will be attending the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Law Schools this week in San Francisco, I wanted to plug something of an unusual program that I…
Recap of Recent Posts on Just Security (Dec. 26 – Dec. 30)
I. US Response to Russian Hacking Just Security, Recommended Reading: Kristen Eichensehr on Classifying the Election System as “Critical Infrastructure” in Response to Russian…

U.S.-Russian Relations After the Russian Hacking Affair
Russian President Vladimir Putin has defied the long-standing, hard rules of the game in handling espionage affairs by failing to follow the Russian Foreign Ministry’s recommendation…
Full List of All Gov’t Docs in US Response to Russian Election Hacking–with summaries
Below is a list of all the U.S. government documents released on Thursday as part of the Obama administration’s announced response to Russian interference in the U.S. election…
White House Retaliation for Russian Hacking
This afternoon the White House announced several actions against Russia in retaliation for Russian interference in the U.S. election. Key among them is the use of the cybersecurity…
Recommended Reading: Kristen Eichensehr on Classifying the Election System as “Critical Infrastructure” in Response to Russian Hacks
Several news outlets are reporting that the Obama Administration is likely to announce very shortly a packet of measures it will pursue in response to Russian cyber activities…
Secretary Kerry’s speech on Israel and Security Council Resolution 2334
Below is the full text of Secretary Kerry’s remarks as delivered. The speech ought to–put of course will not–put to rest plenty of misconceptions about the…

The 16 Most Popular Just Security Posts of 2016
Before we turn our attention to 2017, we thought we’d look back at the 16 most popular posts on Just Security over the past year. The topics include everything from surveillance…

Frontline’s ‘Exodus’ Individualizes a Global Crisis
Every year around Christmastime, a few million Americans sit down and watch the original version of “The Sound of Music,” starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, when…

A Slower Week Here at Just Security … Resting Up for 2017
A reminder to everyone that Just Security is on a reduced publishing schedule this week. We have a few posts in the works for later in the week, plus we’ll do our best to stay…
Recap of Recent Posts on Just Security (Dec. 19-23)
I. Holiday Giving to Just Security Just Security, Holiday Giving to Just Security (Monday, Dec. 19) II. Israeli Settlements and International Law Eugene Kontorovich, Israel’s…
Security Council Resolution 2334, and why the U.S. abstained
Word of advice, here as elsewhere: If you want to understand this, start with the primary sources, rather than with the talking heads and tendentious Op-Eds. (When I looked…