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27/11/2025

Dani Schulkin is joined by Naomi Roht-Arriaza to discuss the warning signs of state capture and grand corruption, and what can be done to push back against it. 

Listen to The Just Security Podcast: Is there a Fox in the Henhouse? A Comparative Perspective of State Capture in the U.S., by Naomi Roht-Arriaza and Dani Schulkin on Just Security.
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About the Speakers:
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).

Dani Schulkin is the Director of Democracy Initiatives at Just Security. She previously served as Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General and Senior Advisor to the Homeland Security Advisor at the White House. Her work spans national security, democratic governance, and administrative law.

27/11/2025

There’s no shortage of opportunities to reduce the chances that a war game – or the plot of “Dynamite” – is never played out in real-time.

Read or listen to the article, Could “A House of Dynamite” Spark a Public Rethink of Nuclear Risk?, by Blake Narendra on Just Security.
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About the Author:
Blake Narendra has held senior positions at the Departments of Energy, State, and Homeland Security, in the U.S. Senate, and at the National Security Council.

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26/11/2025

Catch up on our recent analysis:

• Series: International Law Weekend 2025
• Series: When Guardrails Erode
• Nuclear
• Haiti
• Israel / Rule of law
• U.S. foreign policy
• Trump executive actions
• International Criminal Court / Ethics
• Content moderation

With thanks to our authors this week:

Blake Narendra
Coalter Lathrop
Dani Schulkin
Julie Owono
Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Nema Milaninia
Nino Lezhava
Noam Kozlov
Peter J. Quaranto
Shelley Inglis
Tyler Jess Thompson

U.S. foreign policy • Series: International Law Weekend 2025 • Series: When Guardrails Erode • Nuclear • Haiti • Israel / Rule of law • Trump executive actions • International Criminal Court / Ethics • Content moderation

26/11/2025

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/

26/11/2025

Social media platforms are retreating from proactive content moderation, creating conditions ripe for state repression and digital authoritarianism.

An investigation by Internet Sans Frontieres and the KenSafeSpace coalition reveals how this is playing out in Kenya, writes Julie Owono:

By abandoning proactive content moderation, platforms are accelerating a global slide toward censorship — the very outcome they claim to oppose.

26/11/2025

What does the film “A House of Dynamite” reveal about U.S. nuclear weapons governance?

Blake Narendra argues that it’s a reminder of a democratic deficit, with the public largely sidelined from decisions that ultimately have devastating consequences.

There’s no shortage of opportunities to redce the chances that a war game – or the plot of “Dynamite” – is never played out in real-time.

26/11/2025

Listen to today’s episode of The Just Security Podcast: Is there a Fox in the Henhouse? A Comparative Perspective of State Capture in the U.S.

Naomi Roht-Arriaza joins host Dani Schulkin to discuss corruption, kleptocracy and how to prevent them.

Dani Schulkin is joined by Naomi Roht-Arriaza to discuss the warning signs of state capture, and what can be done to push back against it.

26/11/2025

Today's news roundup:
-Taiwan’s President to introduce $40 billion special budget for the military
-Democrats say FBI is investigating them over illegal orders video
-Attorneys general from 35 states urge Congress not to block AI laws
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A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.

26/11/2025

For the Gang Suppression Force to succeed in Haiti’s challenging context, it must expand on the rights-respecting foundation established under the MSS mission.

Read or listen to the article, The New Anti-Gang Force in Haiti Can Enhance Effectiveness by Expanding Human Rights Protections, by Shelley Inglis on Just Security.
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About the Author:
Shelley Inglis is a Senior Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights (CGHR) at Rutgers University, and formerly served in various leadership and policy roles at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations.

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25/11/2025

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25/11/2025

Israel has long faced accusations of violating international law, but internal political actors in Israel have actively weakened any effective internal investigative mechanisms, writes Noam Kozlov. He argues that this affects the IDF’s ability to carry out its missions lawfully, as well as the broader protection of the rule of law in Israel.

https://www.justsecurity.org/125528/persecuting-prosecutors-israel-military-lawyers/

The weakening of the Military Advocate General weakens the IDF's ability to carry out its missions lawfully, and the rule of law in Israel.