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UN Special Envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen (C), Syrian MP Ahmad Al-Kuzbari (L) and Opposition Syrian Negotiations Commission Hadi Al-Bahra attends a ceremony to mark the opening of a meeting of the Syria constitution-writing committee on October 30, 2019 at the United Nations Offices in Geneva.

National Security at the United Nations This Week

Editor’s Note: This is the latest in Just Security’s weekly series keeping readers up to date on developments at the United Nations at the intersection of national security,…
Trump speaks at the White House on October 27, 2019.

Trump’s Communications Malpractice Mars His Victory Lap on al-Baghdadi

The president politicized the raid’s aftermath and jeopardized our foreign policy and military operations in the process.
Trump makes a statement in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House October 27, 2019 in Washington, DC.

How Trump’s Gilding the Lily on Baghdadi Death Will Return to Haunt Americans

I handled State Dept’s public messaging after we killed bin Laden. I know the risks.
Portraits of victims mark the memorial to the Islamic State (ISIS) massacre of 1,700 Shiite Air Force cadets from Camp Speicher beneath a bridge where victims were shot and their bodies thrown into the Tigris River by the Sunni jihadist group in Tikrit, Iran, on November 10, 2016.

Bringing ISIS to Justice: Running Out of Time?

The international community and key actors in Syria and Iraq need to develop a coherent plan to bring ISIS members to account for war crimes, not just counterterrorism crimes,…
A black and white targeting screen shows the explosions from an US airstrike with 2,000lb bombs on ISIS bank in Mosul, Jan. 11, 2016.

How News Media Can Get Misled by Tough Talk on Killing Terrorists

Image: US airstrike with 2,000lb bombs on ISIS bank in Mosul, Jan. 11, 2016 – CENTCOM Less than a half hour after Donald Trump took the oath of office on Friday, ABC News…
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