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States, regions, and cities are already on the frontlines, as in the pandemic. The federal government should support these contacts for the global future.

Meaningful security and economic partnership with the US requires a stability that is authentic, sustainable, consensus-driven, and democratic.

Special Operations Forces are a prized US military asset that requires careful oversight to prevent abuses, strategic miscalculations, and mission failures.

A bipartisan Senate amendment would restrict the transfer of US military equipment to law enforcement, including items from bayonets to weaponized drones.

Congress may have a new opportunity to tackle this complicity with a proposed amendment to the NDAA on beneficial ownership.

The measure would undermine otherwise bipartisan efforts to address these issues, including several worthy alternative proposals.

Legislation would improve US support to rights defenders, journalists, and marginalized groups fighting authoritarian abuses of emergency powers abroad.

Guardrails in providing security assistance and arms exports don’t just protect human rights but also advance national security.

The new information demonstrates how much progress the department has made and yet how much of a paradigm shift is still needed for full accountability.

The US government requires more empirical evidence for aid to help improve livelihoods abroad than for financing weapons used to destroy them.

Given the Trump administration’s foreign policy proclivities, it’s likely that Congress will have to do much of the heavy lifting.

For all the ways that the NDAA falls short on various human rights issues, there are some bright spots that should not be overlooked.