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Threats and Response Options in the Escalating Israel-Iran Conflict

The latest escalation between Israel and Iran is likely to redefine the region for decades to come.
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The Just Security Podcast: Key Trends and Takeaways from the 2024 U.N. General Assembly’s High-Level Week

More than 130 world leaders just completed a week of meetings in New York for the annual opening of the United Nations General Assembly. This high-level week, as it’s called,…
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The UN’s New Pact for the Future: A Milestone That Can Set a Path for Change

How the recent summit could spur long-overdue structural changes necessary for more inclusive, networked, and effective global governance.
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The Essential Role of ‘Civic Space’ in Safeguarding Electoral Integrity: How a Decision in Africa Can Reverberate

The landmark African Union case over an Ethiopian election provides a roadmap for safeguarding democracy in the face of authoritarianism.
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The State Department Reform Commission: A Once in A Generation Opportunity to Reform American Diplomacy

The Commission to Reform and Modernize the State Department has a historical opportunity to build something better. Here are four questions it needs to consider.
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Guide to the Formal and Informal Agendas at the 2024 UN General Assembly Summit

An expert assessment of where the lines of diplomacy will be drawn.
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The Just Security Podcast: Strategic Risks of AI and Recapping the 2024 REAIM Summit

Just Security Senior Fellow Brianna Rosen shares key takeaways from the 2024 REAIM Summit and strategic risks of AI in the military domain.
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To Challenge State Capture, the US Needs a Strategy of State Retrieval

The democratic world must side with pro-democracy, peace, and anti-corruption movements in Africa and act against corrupt networks.
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Putting the Second REAIM Summit into Context

The upcoming REAIM Summit on responsible AI in the military domain is a valuable multistakeholder forum that can catalyze diplomatic and normative processes.
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Lifting DRC Mining Sanctions Would Be a Critical National Security Error

Lifting sanctions against mining tycoon Dan Gertler for “extensive public corruption” in the Democratic Republic of Congo would fail the victims of his schemes and undermine…
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Collecting Just Security’s Afghanistan Coverage on Third Anniversary of Taliban Takeover

Explore Just Security's coverage of the last three years of Taliban control in Afghanistan.
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Three Years on From Taliban’s Takeover, What’s Next Amid Afghanistan’s Impasse?

Unfocused efforts to break the logjam over human rights and diplomatic recognition raise questions about how to move forward.
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