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Early Edition: October 14, 2025

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Oct. 14, 2025 and
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Attacks on U.S. Legal Profession Reflect Global Slide in Countries It Once Aided

Political pressures like those used to silence legal professionals and undermine rule of law in Europe and Eurasia echo patterns of the autocratic playbook.
Oct. 13, 2025 , and 1 more

Early Edition: October 13, 2025

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Oct. 13, 2025 and
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Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Oct. 6-10, 2025)

Russia-Ukraine War • Series: When Guardrails Erode • Series: Spyware • U.S. military • Violent extremism • Trump executive actions • U.S. foreign policy • Emerging…
Oct. 11, 2025
Brazilian indigenous people and others take part in a demonstration called by Stop Ecocide International (SEI) for the recognition of ecocide as an international crime, on October 20, 2022 outside the European Council in Brussels where EU leaders were gathered for a summit. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/AFP via Getty Images)

Attacks on Nature, Atrocities Against People: The Case for Environmental Harm as a 12th Crime Against Humanity

Addressing the global environmental crisis requires urgent action, and this new treaty offers States an unprecedented opportunity to confront it directly and decisively.
Oct. 10, 2025

Early Edition: October 10, 2025

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Oct. 10, 2025 and
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s War with the Rules of Engagement

Hegseth’s attack on the ROE demonstrates a dangerously limited – and legally incorrect – view about these rules and what they are for.
Oct. 9, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump (C) joins hands with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (L) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (R) during a signing ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House on August 8, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump brought the two leaders together in an initial attempt to end the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan that has lasted for decades. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

A Closer Look at Trump’s Peace Deals: From “Death and Hatred” to “Love and Success”?

Under Trump, peace deals have been treated as an opportunity to secure resources and real estate. Recent agreements illustrate this “resources-for-peace” approach.
Oct. 9, 2025 and
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) sits across from Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R)

Some Questions About Trump’s Order Pledging to Defend Qatar’s Security

Trump's Executive Order on Qatar raises a number of important legal and policy questions that merit careful consideration by Congress and the public.
Oct. 9, 2025

Early Edition: October 9, 2025

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Oct. 9, 2025 and
Right-wing white nationalists hold flags with signs like "white pride worldwide."

A New Approach in the Fight Against Transnational Violent Extremism is Needed

If the U.S. and foreign partners could strategically deploy their counterterrorism programs to deliberately target a common enemy, all would mutually benefit.
Oct. 8, 2025
(L-R) US Vice President JD Vance, US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio listen as Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign Minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner during a meeting with her and Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe (not pictured) in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 27, 2025. Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed an agreement in Washington on Friday to put an end to a conflict in the eastern DRC that has killed thousands, although broad questions loom on what it will mean. Trump has trumpeted the diplomacy that led to the deal and publicly complained that he has not received a Nobel Peace Prize. But the agreement has also come under scrutiny for its vagueness including on the economic component, with the Trump administration eager to compete with China and profit from abundant mineral wealth in the long-turbulent east of the vast DRC. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. Sanctions Removal on Mining Magnate Would Set Back Peace and Investment in DR Congo

The Trump administration and Congress can end the cycle of looting, smuggling, and violent extraction of raw materials from the DRC and provide a better footing for peace.
Oct. 8, 2025 and
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