Just Security

02/08/2025

Catch up on our recent analysis:

• Israel-Hamas War
• Russia-Ukraine War
• Atrocities / Accountability
• Trump executive actions
• U.S. National security / Espionage
• Arms exports / Civilian harm
• International environmental law
• Artificial intelligence
• Content moderation

With thanks to our authors this week:

Alex de Waal
Alon Sapir
Andrew Miller
Bowen Chang
​​Brian O'Neill
David S. Rubenstein
John Ramming Chappell
Kate Fin
Kelly L. Razzouk
Marty Lederman
Rayhan Asat
Sophie Richardson
Tanmay Durani
Tom Dannenbaum
Uliana Poltavets

Israel-Hamas War • Russia-Ukraine War • Atrocities / Accountability • Trump executive actions • U.S. National security / Espionage • Arms exports / Civilian harm • International environmental law • Artificial intelligence • Content moderation

01/08/2025

הזמן אזל: הרעבה המונית בעזה וחובתו של העולם
מאת טום דננבאום ואלכס דה ואל
(Hebrew translation of essay)
https://www.justsecurity.org/118239/%d7%94%d7%96%d7%9e%d7%9f-%d7%90%d7%96%d7%9c-%d7%94%d7%a8%d7%a2%d7%91%d7%94-%d7%94%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%aa-%d7%91%d7%a2%d7%96%d7%94-%d7%95%d7%97%d7%95%d7%91%d7%aa%d7%95-%d7%a9%d7%9c-%d7%94%d7%a2/

Read "Time Has Run Out: Mass Starvation in Gaza and the Global Imperative" by Tom Dannenbaum and Alex de Waal in English
https://www.justsecurity.org/117962/mass-starvation-gaza-global-imperative/

01/08/2025

Russia’s war on is one of many examples that attacks on health care have become “calculated elements of war strategy,” violating UN Security Council resolution 2286, writes Uliana Poltavets from Kyiv.

Next year’s 10th anniversary of 2286 “must be more than a commemorative moment.”

The international community can learn from the Russia-Ukraine War to curb attacks against health care and ensure justice for victims.

01/08/2025

The Trump administration’s decision to end the Presidential Management Fellows program could leave long-term gaps in US foreign policy expertise and close off pathways for future public servants.

It’s not too late to change course, write Andrew Miller and Kelly Razzouk.

The Trump administration's elimination of the PMF program will have negative long-term consequences for an entire generation of policymakers.

01/08/2025

Today's news roundup:
-El Salvador's National Assembly votes to eliminate presidential term limits
-DOJ watchdog did not act on a complaint about Bove, other DOJ officials for over two months: sources
-Federal government pays more than 154,000 people not to work: WSJ
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A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours.

31/07/2025

Listen to Brian O’Neill’s “The Real National Security Betrayal Isn’t Who Leaves—It’s What Gets Dismantled” on Just Security's Out Loud podcast:

The Real National Security Betrayal Isn’t Who Leaves—It’s What Gets Dismantled by Brian O'Neill. Published on Just Security on July 28, 2025. 

31/07/2025

The reliance by the on a rudimentary statistical model to conduct its proportionality analysis raises serious questions regarding their compliance with international humanitarian law, including the requirement to undertake feasible precautions.

Israeli human rights lawyer Alon Sapir on the shortcomings of the model, and how to understand the legal implications of its use:

Israel's practice of statistical proportionality should be considered to violate the legal duty to take feasible precautions in attacks.

31/07/2025

seeking justice for alleged and by saw their odds improve recently – in .

Rayhan Asat and Sophie Richardson on the case and what it means:

A recent court decision in Argentina offers a source of hope to Uyghur victims seeking justice for Beijing's alleged atrocities in Xinjiang.

31/07/2025

Today's news roundup:
-Trump admin authorizes National Guard deployment to ICE facilities
-China summons Nvidia over AI chip "backdoor security risks"
-Senate confirms Joe Kent to top counterterrorism post
-Driscoll orders West Point to terminate former Biden official's job offer
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A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours.

30/07/2025

The UN has determined that the “worst-case scenario of Famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip.”

In the context of catastrophic human suffering, Alex DeWaal and Tom Dannenbaum call for all States to fulfill their moral, legal, and basic human imperatives now by ensuring comprehensive, full-spectrum humanitarian action - or face a legal reckoning.

It is time for comprehensive, full-spectrum, sustainable, and coordinated humanitarian action. States globally must act without delay on that imperative.

30/07/2025

Taking Stock of the Citizenship Cases, Part I: Unpacking Trump v. CASA, Inc.

By Marty Lederman

Analysis of the aftermath of Trump v CASA and the pending litigation about the Trump executive order on birthright citizenship.

30/07/2025

The Trump administration’s Action Plan seeks to deter state AI regulation through funding limits and potential preemption, raising constitutional questions about separation of powers and federalism, writes David Rubenstein.

If the U.S. AI Action Plan's approach survives constitutional scrutiny, it will erode vital and enduring checks on presidential authority.