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19/11/2025

Leading counter-extremism expert unpacks the administration’s claimed designation of “Antifa Groups”

Read or listen to the article, State Dept’s Foreign Terrorist Designations Undermine Claims of “Antifa” Threat, by Tom Joscelyn on Just Security.
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About the Author:
Tom Joscelyn is Senior Fellow at Just Security. He was a senior professional staff member on the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol and has testified before Congress on more than 20 occasions. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Reiss Center on Law and Security.

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19/11/2025

Millions of insecure solar devices are leaving the United States vulnerable to cyberattacks on its grid.

But states and utility companies can act now to transform solar energy from a liability into a pillar of national power, write Michael Razeeq and Camille Stewart Gloster:

States and utility companies can act now to transform solar energy from a security liability into a resilient pillar of national power.

19/11/2025

The State Department’s designations of “Antifa” undermine claims that the movement poses a significant terrorist threat to Americans, counterextremism expert Tom Joscelyn writes.

The four designated groups haven’t targeted Americans. Three of them don’t even appear to be “Antifa.”

Leading counter-extremism expert unpacks the administration's claimed designation of "Antifa Groups"

19/11/2025

Today's news roundup:
-Witkoff secretly drafting new plan to end Ukraine war
-DHS to deploy 250 border agents to Louisiana in major immigration sweep
-Trump designates Saudi Arabia as "major non-NATO ally"
-Israeli strike on refugee camp in Lebanon kills 13
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A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.

18/11/2025

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18/11/2025

Daily Developments: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions

See here for the full tracker: https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/

18/11/2025

Patterns of state capture in South Africa, El Salvador, Sri Lanka and Guatemala offer a cautionary guide for the United States.

Read or listen to the article, Is the U.S. Becoming a Captured State? A Comparative Perspective, by Naomi Roht-Arriaza on Just Security.
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About the Author:
Naomi Roht-Arriaza is a Distinguished Professor of Law (emeritus) at the University of California, Hastings Law in San Francisco. She is the author most recently of “Fighting Grand Corruption: Transnational and Human Rights Approaches in Latin America and Beyond” (2025).

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18/11/2025

Is the U.S. showing early signs of state capture?

Naomi Roht-Arriaza compares patterns of state capture from four countries and highlights the warning signs emerging in the United States.

Patterns of state capture in South Africa, El Salvador, Sri Lanka and Guatemala offer a cautionary guide for the United States.

18/11/2025

Pres. Trump’s recent social media post that the US should “start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis” left experts puzzled.

Former arms control official Frank A. Rose outlines why it’s wholly unnecessary:

https://www.justsecurity.org/124769/trumps-nuclear-testing-signal-not-strategy/

The stockpile is strong, and the call to test has no technical foundation. Resuming nuclear tests wouldn't make America safer.

18/11/2025

What would a uniformed lawyer’s analysis of the Trump administration’s lethal strikes against suspected drug traffickers look like?

Read Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (ret.) Dan Maurer’s thorough mock “operational legal review.”

A mock operational legal review examining the legal basis for U.S. military operations targeted suspected drug traffickers.

18/11/2025

Today's news roundup:
-UN Security Council adopts US plan for Gaza
-Judge says DOJ may have committed misconduct in Comey case
-US and European aid cuts could result in 22.6 million deaths worldwide
-China has lent $200B to U.S. tech and infrastructure projects
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A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.

18/11/2025

Civilian harm is not entirely avoidable during armed conflict, but it can be anticipated and its severity limited. In Asia-Pacific, this depends entirely on steps taken now.

Read or listen to the article, Much Work to Do and No Time to Waste: Mitigating Civilian Harm in an Asia-Pacific Conflict, by Jenny McAvoy on Just Security.
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About the Author:
Jenny McAvoy is an independent expert on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and was previously the Senior Advisor for Civilian Protection at the U.S. Department of Defense Civilian Protection Center of Excellence (CP CoE).

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