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In Addressing Climate Change, Business as Usual Is Climate Injustice
"While climate justice was taken at least somewhat seriously at the United Nations COP27 conference, little effort seems to have been made to change the business-as-usual approach…

Strengthening Press Freedom: New Media Principles for Commonwealth States
Law ministers from the 56 member countries decide this week whether to support strong protections -- and enforcement to carry them out.

Emerging Tech Has a Front-Row Seat at India-Hosted UN Counterterrorism Meeting. What About Human Rights?
Hype and untested promises have accelerated deployment of artificial intelligence, biometrics, and more, in the dubious name of security.

India’s Abuses at Home Raise Concerns About Its Global Counterterrorism Role
It is hosting a special meeting of the UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee, which it chairs, even amid internal repression.

Terrorism Might Be the Least of Our Problems a Year After America’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Beyond counterterrorism, Afghanistan remains a key theater for great power competition and U.S. security interests.

Russia’s Nuclear Threat Inflation: Misguided and Dangerous
Putin's cavalier use of nuclear coercive diplomacy poses risks for international relations and Russia’s own national security policy.

Time to Walk the Talk on Human Rights Abuses in India
Advocates call for targeted sanctions in connection with for egregious human rights violations in Uttar Pradesh.

Hijab Bans, Hindutva, and the Burden of Hindsight
The rising risk of genocide against Muslims in India requires a response from governments and media companies.

Election in India’s Largest State Accelerates Anti-Muslim Hate Speech and Violence
Militant Hindu nationalists from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party are fueling their campaigns with a conspiracy theory.

When US Security and Democracy Interests Clash
How to break six common and unhelpful patterns in US engagement with security partners that abuse rights or democratic standards.

Afghan Refugees in India Highlight the Need for Indian Domestic Refugee Law
India will offer ad hoc emergency visas to Afghan refugees but lacks any domestic law to protect asylum seekers long term.

India and the Foreign Fighters Conundrum
India has left many of its nationals who fought with terrorist groups languishing in prison abroad. But it has legal options - and obligations - to bring these nationals home.…