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Just Security Podcast: A Guilty Verdict in the Proud Boys Trial

To help us understand what the verdict means, what’s missing, and what comes next, we have Tom Joscelyn and Mary McCord. 
Black and red painting of Mahsa Amini with roses on it.

Iranian Women’s Demands for Freedom Must Be Heard

Iranians continue to protest discriminatory rules in a bid to achieve gender equality.
People pay tribute by laying flowers and lighting candles next to dried blood at the spot where Chit Min Thu, 25, was killed in clashes on March 11, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. Bricks are laid among the flowers and a few people wear or carry hard hats. Everyone wears face maks.

National Security Last Week at the United Nations (March 5-12)

Military in Myanmar Continues Mistreatment of Peaceful Protesters On March 8, 2021, hundreds of peaceful protesters were trapped by security forces for several hours in Sanchaung.…
The white supremacist group, the Proud Boys, rally against the results of the U.S. Presidential election outside the Georgia State Capitol on November 18, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. They do not wear face masks, and one wears a MAGA hat. A person appearing to be a sheriff or police office speaks with their leader, Enrique Tarrio, who wears a bullet proof vest.

Could America’s Electoral Process Foment Political Violence?

Scholars of political violence and regime transition caution that there is potential for further escalation of non-state violence in America because, while Election Day passed…
Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf speaks during a press conference on the actions taken by Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security agents in Portland.

DHS’s Portland Follies: Tracing the Official Public Narrative and Internal Communications

Jeffrey Michaels examines the rhetorical frameworks used by the Department of Homeland Security in describing protest events in Portland and beyond.
Secretary-General António Guterres (left) speaks with Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.

National Security at the United Nations This Week (May 22-29)

(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,…
A U.S. Air Force Commando Solo aircraft flies over the Statue of LIberty October 23, 2001 in New York Harbor.

More or Less Justice? More or Less Security?

Reflecting on what's changed since Just Security launched six years ago, and three challenges that we now confront.
A Collage QAnon supporters at Trump rallies.

Trump’s Encouraging QAnon May Result in Violence—Just ask the FBI

"A few hours after the FBI assessment leaked, the President held a campaign rally in Cincinnati, where the pre-rally speaker Brandon Straka called out the phrase, 'Where we go…
A migrant woman, Sandra, and her daughter pose for a picture near "Las Patronas" shelter, an organization that feeds migrants without documents, during their travel through Mexico to US on a train known as "La Bestia" (The Beast), in Las Patronas town, Veracruz State, Mexico on August 10, 2018.

Trump Builds Support for Border Wall on the Backs of Women

By selectively tapping into concerns about women’s rights to build support for his wall, President Trump is fueling misconceptions about human trafficking and hindering efforts…

States Are Challenging New Policy That Denies Asylum to Survivors of Domestic Violence

Eighteen states and the District of Columbia filed an amicus brief on September 28, in support of a legal challenge to the Trump administration’s new policy that denies asylum…

Grace v. Sessions– Suing to Stop Shutting Down Asylum Claims at the Border

In the D.C. federal district court today, the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, together with the American Civil Liberties Union, filed suit to stop the U.S. government from…
Trump gives a thumbs up sign as he walks with son-in-law and senior advisor Jared Kushner.

Norms Watch: Democracy, the Trump Administration, and Reactions to It (Feb. 2018)

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the latest installment of Norms Watch, our series tracking both the flouting of democratic norms by the Trump administration and the erosion of…
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