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Just Security Podcast: ACLU’s David Cole on Defending our Democratic Traditions

Roughly a year ago, I sat down with ACLU Legal Director and Just Security editorial board member David Cole to pick his brain about what our various independent government branches…

Just Security Podcast: Shaheed Fatima QC on Protecting Children in Armed Conflict

Recent years have seen an escalation in impact of war on children – from the sexual enslavement to the deliberate bombing of their schools – subjecting a generation of children…

Just Security Podcast: Harold Koh and Cristina Rodríguez on the Travel Ban

As most of us know, the Supreme Court this week upheld the Trump administration’s travel ban that bars citizens from seven countries, of which, five have a Muslim majority…

Just Security Podcast: Laura Rozen on the Iran Deal

On a day that felt like it was dominated by headlines about Gina Haspel, Michael Cohen, and American hostages being freed from North Korea, Al-Monitor Diplomatic Correspondent…

Just Security Podcast: Alex Whiting on Mueller/Sekulow’s 49 Questions

This week, news organizations, led by the New York Times, revealed a list of 49 questions that, depending on which account you read, are what Special Counsel Mueller wants to ask…

Just Security Podcast: Ex National Security Council Official Joshua Geltzer on Supreme Court Travel Ban Case

Above: Zainab Ahmed of Dearborn, Michigan chants during a protest of Muslim Ban 3.0 on the campus of Wayne State University on October 4, 2017 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Stephen…
B-1 plane is refueled by a 135 plane. The image shows the B-1 from above and inside the 135.

Just Security Podcast: Oona Hathaway on the Bad Legal Arguments for Bombing Syria

Above: A U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber after refueling from a KC-10 Extender following its participation in strikes against chemical weapons targets in Syria, April 14, 2018. Image…
President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in the Oval Office of the White House, January 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon also sit around the desk.

Just Security Podcast: The White House’s “Pardon Dangle” and Obstruction of Justice

News that White House lawyer John Dowd broached the possibility of pardoning Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn has prompted many experts to question whether Dowd could face charges.…

Just Security Podcast: Britain’s Response to the Russia Spy Poisoning

While it already feels like it happened ages ago, last week, British Prime Minister Theresa May declared the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal on British soil to be…

Just Security Podcast: Daphne Eviatar on Military Targeting under Trump

The sharp uptick in civilian casualties from U.S. military operations across the world under President Trump has alarmed human rights lawyers, who say the legal standards for targeting…

Just Security Podcast: Sam Vinograd on Kushner’s Security Clearance Downgrade

Earlier this week, Jared Kushner was stripped of his interim top-secret security clearance, limiting his ability to view highly classified intelligence and potentially jeopardizing…

Just Security Podcast: Mueller Indicts Russia’s Election Meddling Team

Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday charged 13 Russian nationals and three Russian organizations with conspiracy to defraud the United States, among other charges, in connection…
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