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Pivoting to Prevention: How the Biden Administration Can Accelerate Implementation of the Atrocity Prevention Agenda

The U.S. can more effectively anticipate and halt atrocities worldwide through prioritizing atrocity prevention and leveraging tools.

U.S. Senate AI Hearings Highlight Increased Need for Regulation

Emerging from the first of a planned series of listening sessions on AI on September 13, Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer reported that, during the closed-door meeting, every…
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Questions for Congress to Ask the Biden Administration at the AUMF Hearing

Congress should seek to determine how the executive branch interprets and relies on the 2001 AUMF and where the administration stands on proposed reforms that have been widely…
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Resolving Carpenter’s Third-Party Paradox (Part II – The Solution)

Part II of a series discussing the digital-privacy paradox emerging from a Fourth Amendment revolution in Carpenter v. United States.
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The Just Security Podcast: A Fourth Amendment Privacy Paradox

The third-party paradox has massive implications for privacy rights and raises important questions about how to challenge the government’s request for information that might…
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Resolving Carpenter’s Third-Party Paradox (Part I – The Paradox)

Part I of a series discussing the digital-privacy paradox emerging from a Fourth Amendment revolution in Carpenter v. United States.
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Congress Should Pass the SAFEGUARD Act to Overhaul Arms Sales Law and Protect Human Rights

The SAFEGUARD Act provides a pathway for Congress to push for accountability for the violence linked to U.S. arms sales.
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Analyzing Previously Undisclosed Use of Force Reports: Challenges of Congressional Oversight of the War on Terror

The executive branch, through noncompliance and defiance, has delayed providing Congress with sufficient information on the war on terror.

How the Expansion of “Self-Defense” Has Undermined Constraints on the Use of Force

Legal Scholar Oona Hathaway examines how expansive U.S. interpretations of "self-defense" have shaped international law.
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Senator Tuberville’s Folly, and the Senate’s

Senator Tuberville's hold on nominations in the U.S. armed forces underscores longstanding problems with the confirmation process.

Finally Ending America’s Forever War, Part II: Prescription

Leading legal scholar Harold Hongju Koh presents a long-term strategy for ending the "war on terror."

Introduction to Symposium: Ending Perpetual War

Marking the 22nd anniversary of 9/11, our new Symposium reflects on the enduring legacies of the "war on terror" and prospects for finally leaving the war path.
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