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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…
Happy holidays from Just Security!
We’re going to be on an abbreviated schedule starting tomorrow through Monday, January 2. While we’ll have a lower volume of posts than normal, we’ll do our best to address…
Recent Rule 41 Changes: A Catch-22 for Journalists
In early December, the final effort in the Senate to delay amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure was blocked, putting the updates into effect and making…
The ICRC Survey and Torture: A Glass Two-Thirds Full?
As indicated by Ryan Goodman in a recent Just Security post, the report, “People on War: Perspectives from 16 Countries,” by the International Committee of the Red Cross, provides…
The Early Edition: December 23, 2016
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. HIJACKED LIBYAN PASSENGER…
The UN General Assembly’s Historic Resolution on Accountability for Syria: What It Means and What Are Its Limits
The United Nations General Assembly voted yesterday to establish “the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Those…
State Responsibility for Assisting Armed Groups: A Legal Risk Analysis
Last month, the US State Department’s Legal Adviser Brian Egan highlighted one of the most significant legal issues on the horizon: US and coalition forces’ handling of large…
European Court of Justice Rules “General and Indiscriminate Retention” of Electronic Communications Forbidden by EU Law
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled yesterday that “general and indiscriminate retention of all traffic and location data of all subscribers and registered users…