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The Just Security Podcast: ‘The National Security Constitution in the 21st Century’ Book Talk

Harold Hongju Koh joins the podcast to discuss his most recent book, 'The National Security Constitution in the 21st Century'
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National Security Resilience and Reform: Trump 2.0 and Beyond

Beginning a national security reform process is not just necessary, but urgently demanded to break inertia and launch a new dynamic.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the United Nations Signing Ceremony for the Paris Agreement.

Withdrawal from International Agreements: Toward a “Tailored Out”

The practical and political stakes of this admittedly esoteric question of constitutional law are high, implicating as it does the effectiveness of the United States’ engagement…
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Presidential Power to Exit Treaties: Reflecting on the Mirror Principle

On balance, a mirroring concept serves better as part of an aspiration for greater inter-branch cooperation in making and unmaking international agreements, rather than as a legally-enforceable…
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Symposium on Harold Hongju Koh’s ‘The National Security Constitution in the 21st Century’

Just Security is pleased to hold a symposium of leading experts engaging with Professor Harold Hongju Koh's recently-released The National Security Constitution in the 21st Century.
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Transparency of International Agreements Under the Revised Case-Zablocki Act: An Assessment After Six Months

Despite the substantial improvements in the transparency regime for executive agreements and non-binding instruments, additional changes should be considered.
Giuliani and Parnas walk together as they arrive for the funeral of late US President George H.W. Bush at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC on December 5, 2018.

Giuliani’s FARA Problem

Rudy Giuliani's communications – in the form of emails, WhatsApp messages, and phone logs between Giuliani and his associates – show that, in seeking Yovanovitch’s removal,…
US President Joe Biden, with US Vice President Kamala Harris who wears a face mask and is socially distanced, speaks about foreign policy at the State Department in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2021.

Diplomats, Top Experts’ Reactions to Biden Foreign Policy Speech

Former Ambassadors, head of Human Rights Watch, former senior US official and others' views on President Biden's foreign policy address at the Department of State on Thursday.
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Think Beyond the Beltway — Bring Mayors and Governors to the Foreign Policy Table

States, regions, and cities are already on the frontlines, as in the pandemic. The federal government should support these contacts for the global future.
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The President and Immigration Law Series: Presidential Power, Migration Management, and Foreign Affairs

Next in our series on The President and Immigration Law, former CBP commissioner and Assistant Secretary of DHS Alan Bersin argues that borders – traditionally viewed as lines…
Trump participates in a meeting with Senior Military Leadership and the National Security Team in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington DC, May 9th, 2020.

Beyond Color-Blind National Security Law

"[I]nternational and national security legal regimes have always been steeped in racial connotation, even if rarely acknowledging as much. This raises the question of what a different…
A person holds a sign reading, "Stop the Attacks on People's Democratic Rights!" in front of ABS-CBNs main office on May 5, 2020 in Manila, Philippines.

A Bipartisan Push in Congress to Fight the ‘Parallel Pandemic’ of Human Rights Abuses Abroad

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