Recent Articles
Congratulations to Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, New U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Countering Terrorism
Just Security‘s editorial board is the bedrock of our success. Its members provide indispensable commentary and analysis on which our readers rely to make sense of the latest…
Rethinking US Security Assistance Beyond the Leahy Law
An American special operations soldier observing Burkina Faso troops practice clearing a vehicle. I just had the pleasure of speaking alongside Colonel Carl Kelly, Chief of Staff…
The Early Edition: June 28, 2017
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. SYRIA The Pentagon stepped…
Unlocking the Mysteries of the Supreme Court’s Entry Ban Decision
Many close observers of the Court are still scratching their heads, trying to figure out just exactly what the Court did yesterday in Trump v. IRAP–and why. With the luxury…
Saif Gaddafi’s Release and the Challenge for International Criminal Justice
Six years after his capture during the Arab Spring uprising against his father Muammar Gaddafi, and despite pending charges in the International Criminal Court, Saif al Islam Gaddafi…
The “Leahy Law” Prohibiting US Assistance to Human Rights Abusers: Pulling Back the Curtain
With almost weekly news reports of US support for foreign governments with track records of gross human rights abuse—think torture in Yemen by Emirati security forces, violations…
The Early Edition: June 27, 2017
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. SYRIA “The United States…
Ron Wyden Lights the Batsignal
There’s a reason privacy advocates are fond of Sen. Ron Wyden, and its not just because he routinely champions legislation aimed at protecting civil liberties. From his…
Did the Supreme Court Tip Its Hand on How It Will Rule on the Travel Ban?
Today, the Supreme Court partially stayed and partially upheld the lower court injunctions in the travel ban litigation. The way in which the Court split the baby is perhaps the…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, June 26-June 30
Monday, June 26 3:00pm – Senate Armed Services Committee – Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Closed) (here) Tuesday, June…
It’s All About that Stay (and Its Surprising Limits)
Preliminary thoughts (reserving the right to add more as the day goes on!): The Court nominally granted certiorari in the two “travel ban” cases today, but for reasons…
Not the Time for the Sounds of Silence
My father was on a death march through Yugoslavia when liberated by Tito’s partisans in November 1944. My mother was in a courtyard in Budapest waiting to be executed by a firing…