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January 18 2022

Curated News Roundup

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Incomplete Justice: The Officer Who Killed Walter Scott Should Have Gotten Life Behind Bars

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January 6 Clearinghouse

All-source, public repository of congressional hearing transcripts, government agency documents, digital forensics, social media analysis, public opinion surveys, empirical research, more.

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Featured Articles

The US-Russia Crisis Over Ukraine: All Options Should Not Be On the Table

by Ira Helfand, M.D. and Daryl G. Kimball

Jan 18th, 2022
From Syria Torture Trial to Liberian Massacre Case – A Plea for Bolstering Witness Protections in Human Rights Litigation

by Alyssa Yamamoto

Jan 13th, 2022
January 6 Clearinghouse

by Ryan Goodman and Justin Hendrix

Jan 12th, 2022
Defending the Rule of Law Requires Ending Guantanamo Detention

by Daphne Eviatar

Jan 11th, 2022
As Putin Aims to Re-Divide Europe, Lessons from the Past Can Guide a Response

by Ambassador Daniel Fried

Jan 7th, 2022
Mining Parler and Mapping the “Stop the Steal” Campaign

by Candace Rondeaux and Ben Dalton

Jan 6th, 2022
Taking Stock: Accountability for January 6th and the Risks of Recurrence

by Grant Tudor and Justin Florence

Jan 6th, 2022
Timeline for Anniversary of January 5: DOJ Election Fraud Investigations and GA Senate Runoff

by Ryan Goodman and Antara Joardar

Jan 5th, 2022
Biden Must Change, Not Deepen, Trump’s Failed Venezuela Strategy

by Francisco R. Rodríguez

Jan 5th, 2022
China’s Nuclear Buildup is About More Than Nukes

by Jacob Stokes

Jan 4th, 2022
Afghanistan: The Humanitarian Catastrophe is the Security Threat

by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Jan 3rd, 2022
Time for the Biden Administration to Disavow the Dangerous Soleimani Legal Opinions

by Brian Finucane

Jan 3rd, 2022
25 Most Read Just Security Articles in 2021

by Just Security

Dec 30th, 2021
Holiday Giving: Please Support Just Security with a Tax-Deductible Donation

by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman

Dec 22nd, 2021
The Path to Real Accountability: The Timetable and Track Record of the Jan. 6 Select Committee

by Conor Shaw

Dec 22nd, 2021
Crisis of Command: The Pentagon, The President, and January 6

by Ryan Goodman and Justin Hendrix

Dec 21st, 2021
In South Sudan, Keep UN Peacekeepers Focused on Evolving Risks for Civilians

by Lauren Spink

Dec 17th, 2021
SSCI Could Shake Up the Intelligence Community’s Whistleblowing System

by Irvin McCullough and Kel McClanahan

Dec 17th, 2021
Exiled Journalists Need Support, Not Autocrat-Fueled Skepticism

by Alexander Cooley and Tatyana Margolin

Dec 15th, 2021
We Now Know What Information the FBI Can Obtain from Encrypted Messaging Apps

by Riana Pfefferkorn

Dec 14th, 2021
Biden’s `Initiative for Democratic Renewal’ — Analysis from Diplomats, Top Experts

by Viola Gienger

Dec 10th, 2021
The Absence of “The Donald”

by Ryan Goodman and Justin Hendrix

Dec 6th, 2021
Bringing Climate and Terrorism Together at the UN Security Council – Proceed with Caution

by Jordan Street

Dec 6th, 2021
As It Convenes a Global Democracy Summit, the United States Must Commit To Defending Democracy at Home

by Daniel Weiner and Lawrence Norden

Dec 3rd, 2021
The 2021 Just Security Holiday Reading List

by Just Security

Dec 3rd, 2021
Omicron: The Variant that Vaccine Apartheid Built

by Matiangai Sirleaf

Dec 2nd, 2021
The Biden Administration’s Moment of Truth on Torture Evidence

by David Luban, Scott Roehm, Claire O. Finkelstein, Karen J. Greenberg, Lisa Hajjar, Jonathan Hafetz, Elisa Massimino and Gabor Rona

Dec 1st, 2021
On Ransomware, Cyber Command Should Take a Backseat

by Gavin Wilde

Nov 30th, 2021
Getting China to Yes on More Iran Sanctions

by Ambassador Robert Ford and Milan Vivanco

Nov 29th, 2021
Good COP, Bad COP: After the Mixed Results of COP26, What’s Next?

by Ben Abraham and Jocelyn Perry

Nov 24th, 2021
Tragic Mistakes: Breaking the Military Culture of Impunity

by Brianna Rosen

Nov 23rd, 2021
Centcom’s Full Statement on Baghuz Strike: Annotated

by Ryan Goodman

Nov 22nd, 2021
Stirring Trouble at the Border: Is Belarus in Violation of International Law? – Part 2

by Aurel Sari and Ben Hudson

Nov 19th, 2021
When US Security and Democracy Interests Clash

by Thomas Carothers and Benjamin Press

Nov 18th, 2021
“Full of Sound and Fury”: Afghanistan’s Tragedy Becomes America’s Drama

by Jeffrey Rogg and Andrew Stigler

Nov 17th, 2021
Questions on the Baghuz Strikes

by Brianna Rosen, Luke Hartig, Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman

Nov 15th, 2021
Escalating Risks on Europe’s Eastern Frontier: Belarus-Poland, Russia-Ukraine, and How the US Can Work With Its Allies

by Ambassador Daniel Fried

Nov 15th, 2021
Uncertain Future for the ICC’s Investigation into the CIA Torture Program

by Julian Elderfield

Nov 12th, 2021
American Society Will Not Abandon Our Afghan Allies

by Michael Breen

Nov 11th, 2021
Reexamining the Fundamentals of the Drone Program After the Kabul Strike

by Luke Hartig

Nov 10th, 2021
Abuse of Interpol for Transnational Repression: Assessing the FY22 NDAA’s Provisions for Prevention

by Ted R. Bromund and Jonathan Reich

Nov 10th, 2021
Afghanistan: A Way Forward for Women and Girls

by Stephenie Foster and Susan Markham

Nov 8th, 2021
The Missing Kabul Drone Strike Report

by Eugene R. Fidell

Nov 5th, 2021
A Soldier and His Establishment: In the Life of Colin Powell, Who Failed Whom?

by Heather Hurlburt

Nov 5th, 2021
An Undefined Defining Moment: Marking 20 Years of Counterterrorism Without Ever Agreeing What Terrorism Is

by Eric Rosand

Nov 4th, 2021
Getting Climate Intelligence Right

by Rod Schoonover and Erin Sikorsky

Nov 3rd, 2021
The Longest War is Over the Horizon

by Brianna Rosen

Nov 1st, 2021
The Biden Administration’s Disappointing Sanctions Report: What Should Come Next

by Elizabeth Goitein

Oct 29th, 2021
Watchlisting the World: Digital Security Infrastructures, Informal Law, and the “Global War on Terror”

by Ramzi Kassem, Rebecca Mignot-Mahdavi and Gavin Sullivan

Oct 28th, 2021
The Ballooning Biden Defense Budget

by Lawrence Korb and Kaveh Toofan

Oct 27th, 2021
After the Coup in Sudan: Key (Short-Term) Indicators for Democratic Survival

by Rebecca Hamilton

Oct 25th, 2021
Counterterrorism Off the Rails: Israel’s Declaration of Palestinian Human Rights Groups as “Terrorist” Organizations

by Eliav Lieblich and Adam Shinar

Oct 24th, 2021
Peace Is Threatened Again in Bosnia, A Quarter Century after Dayton

by Kurt Bassuener and Senada Šelo Šabić

Oct 22nd, 2021
Judicial Secrecy: How To Fix the Over-sealing of Federal Court Records

by Heather Abraham, Jonathan Manes and Alex Abdo

Oct 21st, 2021
How American Kleptocracy Works

by Anders Åslund

Oct 20th, 2021
Artificial Intelligence in the Intelligence Community: Know Risk, Know Reward

by Corin R. Stone

Oct 19th, 2021
Ruminations on the Abu Zubaydah Supreme Court Oral Argument: Three Surprising Turns

by Joseph Margulies

Oct 18th, 2021
New Data Highlight Growing Worldwide Rule of Law Crisis

by Elizabeth Andersen and Alicia Evangelides

Oct 14th, 2021
Surveillance and Privacy Scholars: Four Things the Government Needs From You

by Adam Klein

Oct 13th, 2021
Afghanistan: The Difficult Chapter Ahead

by Ambassador Cameron Munter (ret.)

Oct 12th, 2021
Filmmaker: Ex-US Envoy’s Words Tell the Story of Our Lives in Haiti

by Raoul Peck

Oct 12th, 2021
Closing Pandora’s Box

by Joshua Rudolph

Oct 7th, 2021
How Facebook is Misleading the Public About Its Role in January 6

by Justin Hendrix

Oct 6th, 2021
Why Religious Persecution Justifies U.S. Legislation on Crimes Against Humanity

by Ambassador David Scheffer

Oct 6th, 2021
Failure to Warn: War Powers Reporting and the “War on Terror” in Africa

by Brian Finucane

Oct 4th, 2021
Modern History of Disclosure of Presidential Records: On the Boundaries of “Executive Privilege”

by Ryan Goodman, Christine Berger and Margaret Shields

Sep 30th, 2021
The Role of Nuclear Weapons: Why Biden Should Declare a Policy of No First Use

by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr.

Sep 29th, 2021
Polemical Pacifism: The Wonkfare of Samuel Moyn

by Robert Howse

Sep 28th, 2021
Artificial Intelligence in the Intelligence Community: The Tangled Web of Budget & Acquisition

by Corin R. Stone

Sep 28th, 2021
System Rivalry: How Democracies Must Compete with Digital Authoritarians

by Ambassador (ret.) Eileen Donahoe

Sep 27th, 2021
ICC Investigation of Philippines President Duterte Sends Important Signals

by Aryeh Neier

Sep 24th, 2021
Impact-Based Jurisdiction and Crimes Against Humanity Statutes Are Needed for Effective Accountability

by Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp

Sep 23rd, 2021
Congress’ Access to Individuals’ Private Communications: The Jan. 6 Committee’s Troubling Precedent

by Elizabeth Goitein

Sep 22nd, 2021
Crimes of Omission: Why a UN Treaty on Genocide but Not on Crimes Against Humanity?

by Payam Akhavan

Sep 21st, 2021
Announcing a Partnership With Oxford University Press

by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman

Sep 20th, 2021
In the Wake of the January 6 Attacks, Will Congress and the Administration Heed the Lessons of 9/11?

by Russ Feingold

Sep 20th, 2021
Why the UN Needs a Comprehensive “Agenda for Protection”

by Damian Lilly

Sep 20th, 2021
Striking the Right Balance for a Draft Convention on Crimes against Humanity

by Sean Murphy

Sep 17th, 2021
The Executive Branch Needs Intelligence Oversight Reform

by Steven Katz

Sep 16th, 2021
As the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Treaty Moves Forward, a View on How It Relates to the Rome Statute for the ICC

by Justice Richard Goldstone

Sep 15th, 2021
Video: Roads Not Taken – Reflections on the 9/11 Anniversary

by Jameel Jaffer and Ryan Goodman

Sep 14th, 2021
How the UN General Assembly Can Respond to Atrocity Crimes at Its 76th Session

by Rebecca Barber

Sep 14th, 2021
The Humanity of Michael Ratner, The Fabrications of Samuel Moyn

by Joseph Margulies and Baher Azmy

Sep 13th, 2021
Oh, the Humanity

by John Fabian Witt

Sep 8th, 2021
Introduction to Symposium: How Perpetual War Has Changed Us — Reflections on the Anniversary of 9/11

by Tess Bridgeman, Rachel Goldbrenner and Ryan Goodman

Sep 7th, 2021
Afghanistan: A Tragic Lesson of the US Military’s Flawed Approach to Capacity Building

by Andrea Walther-Puri

Sep 6th, 2021
Aligning Sanctions Laws with Humanitarian Principles: Pre-authorizing Aid in Afghanistan and Other Crises

by Rachel Alpert

Sep 3rd, 2021
How the International Community Can Protect Afghan Women and Girls

by Heather Barr

Sep 2nd, 2021
A Visit to Northeast Syria Shows the Urgency for Governments to Repatriate Their Citizens, Many of Them Children, to Thwart ISIS

by Beatrice Eriksson

Sep 2nd, 2021
What the U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan Could Mean for Guantanamo Detainees and the Due Process Clause

by Jonathan Hafetz

Sep 1st, 2021
The Politics of Repatriation and Power of Community Reintegration in Peacebuilding

by Siobhan O’Neil and Zoe Marks

Aug 31st, 2021
Addressing Masculinities and Gender Stereotypes to Prevent Violent Extremism and Terrorism

by Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga

Aug 30th, 2021
DOJ Should Investigate Jeff Clark and Mark Meadows for Political Coercion Act and Hatch Act Violations

by Dennis Aftergut and Kathleen Clark

Aug 26th, 2021
The Humanitarian and Policy Challenges of U.S. Sanctions on the Taliban

by Adam M. Smith

Aug 23rd, 2021
Former Chair of U.S. National Intelligence Council: Learning the Right Lessons from Afghanistan

by Gregory F. Treverton

Aug 21st, 2021
Amid Haiti’s Deepening Crisis After Earthquake, US Must Heed Citizens on Aid and Political Change

by Pierre Esperance

Aug 19th, 2021
Expert Backgrounder: How Can The Taliban Be Prevented From Representing Afghanistan In The United Nations?

by Larry D. Johnson

Aug 18th, 2021
CIA’s Former Counterterrorism Chief for the Region: Afghanistan, Not An Intelligence Failure — Something Much Worse

by Douglas London

Aug 18th, 2021
Expert Backgrounder: Recognition and the Taliban

by Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman

Aug 17th, 2021
Artificial Intelligence in the Intelligence Community: Culture is Critical

by Corin R. Stone

Aug 17th, 2021

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Litigation Trackers

Litigation Tracker: Major Decisions Facing the Biden Administration

by Karl Mihm, Justin Cole, Iva Petkova, Margaret Shields, Mari Dugas, Nicholas Tonckens and Tess Bridgeman

Nov 19th, 2021
Litigation Tracker: Pending Criminal and Civil Cases Against Donald Trump

by Karl Mihm, Jacob Apkon and Sruthi Venkatachalam

Jan 4th, 2022

Series

Introduction to Symposium: How Perpetual War Has Changed Us — Reflections on the Anniversary of 9/11

by Tess Bridgeman, Rachel Goldbrenner and Ryan Goodman

Sep 7th, 2021
Racing National Security: Introduction to the Just Security Symposium

by Matiangai Sirleaf

Jul 13th, 2020
New Just Security Series: Beyond the Myanmar Coup

by Just Security

Jul 19th, 2021
Introduction to Just Security’s Series on Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

by Christine Berger

May 29th, 2021
The Good Governance Papers: An Introduction

by Emily Berman, Tess Bridgeman, Ryan Goodman and Dakota S. Rudesill

Oct 14th, 2020

Timelines

Timeline: Rep. Jim Jordan, a Systematic Disinformation Campaign, and January 6

by Justin Hendrix, Nicholas Tonckens and Sruthi Venkatachalam

Aug 29th, 2021
Mark Meadows Timeline: The Chief of Staff and Schemes to Overturn 2020 Election

by Ryan Goodman and Juilee Shivalkar

Aug 8th, 2021
The Official and Unofficial Timeline of Defense Department Actions on January 6

by Kate Brannen and Ryan Goodman

May 11th, 2021
#StopTheSteal: Timeline of Social Media and Extremist Activities Leading to 1/6 Insurrection

by Atlantic Council's DFRLab

Feb 10th, 2021
Incitement Timeline: Year of Trump’s Actions Leading to the Attack on the Capitol

by Ryan Goodman, Mari Dugas and Nicholas Tonckens

Jan 11th, 2021
Timeline of the Coronavirus Pandemic and U.S. Response

by Ryan Goodman and Danielle Schulkin

Nov 3rd, 2020
Timeline: The Trump Administration and the U.S. Postal Service

by Chris Shenton

Aug 24th, 2020
Timeline: Trump, Barr, and the Halkbank Case on Iran Sanctions-Busting

by Ryan Goodman and Danielle Schulkin

Jul 27th, 2020
Timeline on Jared Kushner, Qatar, 666 Fifth Avenue, and White House Policy

by Ryan Goodman and Julia Brooks

Mar 11th, 2020
Timeline: Trump, Giuliani, Biden, and Ukrainegate

by Viola Gienger and Ryan Goodman

Jan 31st, 2020

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