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Trump’s Record, Rhetoric Suggest Second Term Could Prove Fatal to Nuclear Nonproliferation

US presidents of both parties have agreed for 60 years on the need to stop the spread of nuclear weapons. Trump has signaled he’s not so sure.
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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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Three Flaws in the Supreme Court’s Decision on Presidential Criminal Immunity

Three major flaws in the Trump v. United States majority opinion derive from the Court’s failure to examine and differentiate the source and scope of presidential power -- whether…

How ‘Economic Security’ is Re-shaping Presidential Power

Linking of “foreign commerce” to “economic security” has dangerously blurred authority that Congress has delegated to the executive branch.
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The Just Security Podcast: An Insider View of the Defense Department with Colin Kahl

Just Security’s Co-Editor-in-Chief Tess Bridgeman sat down with Colin Kahl, the former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.
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Analyzing Previously Undisclosed Use of Force Reports: Challenges of Congressional Oversight of the War on Terror

The executive branch, through noncompliance and defiance, has delayed providing Congress with sufficient information on the war on terror.
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The House Tackles Zombie War Authorizations: Possibilities and Perils

Congress is trying to reassert itself after more than two decades of acquiescence to executive branch overreach on matters of war and peace.
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Lessons from COVID-19: Intelligence Failures and How to Prepare for the Next Global Crisis

The pandemic was a global intelligence failure, and the world still has not learned the lessons to prepare for the next crisis.
(L-R) FBI Director Christopher Wray, Director of the National Security Agency Gen. Paul Nakasone, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, and CIA Director William Burns testify during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing concerning worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill March 8, 2023 in Washington, DC. The leaders of the intelligence agencies testified on a wide range of issues, including China, Covid-19 origins, and TikTok. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

To Strengthen US National Security, Diverse Teams Should Be a Given

The field shows important signs of critical gains but also more work to do to elevate women, particularly women of color.
Supporters of Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gather outside the main gate of Baghdad's Green Zone on July 27, 2022 to protest.

Remaking Iraq: How Iranian-Backed Militias Captured the Country

The U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003 brought about a painful and gradual transition from dictatorship to deeply flawed parliamentary democracy. This story is now…
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Biden’s Embrace of Trump’s Transit Ban Violates US Legal and Moral Refugee Obligations

"The new transit ban would violate the United States’ protection obligations to refugees, which are long-standing and solidly based in both international and domestic law."

Litigation Tracker: Pending Criminal and Civil Cases Against Donald Trump

This litigation tracker compiles and provides information on all of the criminal and civil cases currently facing former President Donald Trump.
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