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29/10/2025

What played out across social media throughout Moldova’s recent election exposed how easily disinformation fills the gaps between state regulation and platform indifference. 

Read or listen to How Tech Platforms Allowed Russia Into Moldova: Lessons for the EU and Others by Austin Akers on Just Security.
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About the Author:
Austin Akers is a communications strategist and election analyst specializing in democracy support, political communication, and media development.

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29/10/2025

What played out across before, during, and after ’s recent election exposed something Europe still struggles to confront: how easily fills the gaps between state regulation and platform indifference.

From Austin Akers:

Moldova's recent election exposed how easily disinformation fills the gaps between state regulation and platform indifference.

29/10/2025

Irreconcilable Presidential Determinations: On Tren de Aragua and the Venezuelan Government

By Ryan Goodman, Michael Schmitt, and Anna Jimenez

The two characterizations are mutually exclusive; it is legally impossible to maintain both simultaneously.

29/10/2025

Today's news roundup:

-Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 104 Palestinians
-US military officials required to sign NDAs tied to Latin America mission
-Amnesty says US strike on a Yemen prison may be a war crime
-AG reviewing Biden pardons signed by autopen

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A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.

28/10/2025

In the race for critical minerals, those who control the legal and regulatory frameworks will shape who has access and which values define the future of resource extraction.

Read or listen to The Rulemakers of Deep-Sea Mining: How the U.S. and China Are Competing Beyond Minerals by Alexandria Virginski on Just Security.
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About the Author:
Alexandria Virginski is a legal scholar whose research explores the intersections of human rights, international law, and security.

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28/10/2025

As the U.S. lags behind China in the race for critical minerals, the two States take a very different approach to deep-sea mining strategy.

The current U.S. approach provides regulatory flexibility and efficiency, but costs critical influence over the international rulemaking process that will govern most potential mining partners, writes Alexandria Virginski.

See more:

https://www.justsecurity.org/123424/rulemakers-deep-sea-mining-minerals/

Those who control critical mineral regulation will shape who has access and which values define the future of resource extraction.

28/10/2025

Today's news roundup:

-UN Inquiry calls Russian drone attacks on civilians a war crime
-AFGE calls for an end to the shutdown
-OpenAI sees chance to reindustrialize U.S.
-Sudan army withdraws from Darfur’s el-Fasher, UN warns of RSF atrocities

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A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the last 24 hours.

27/10/2025

Memorandum for Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression Committed Against Ukraine

James A. Goldston and Esti Tambay introduce the Memorandum from Open Society Justice Initiative, building on ongoing work and updated for 2025:

The Open Society Justice Initiative's Memorandum supports efforts to hold officials accountable for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

27/10/2025

The Trump administration is considering designating Antifa as a foreign terrorist organization.

Thomas E. Brzozowski argues this move would create an unprecedented expansion of counterterrorism authorities into the domestic political space and threaten civil society.

Trump's plan to designate Antifa as an FTO has implications extending beyond anti-fascist activists to the architecture of US civil society.

27/10/2025

Today's news roundup:

-Sudan's RSF says it captured El Fasher army headquarters
-Sixty-five nations sign first UN treaty to fight cybercrime
-US deploys aircraft carrier to Latin America
-DOD accepts anonymous $130M donation to partially cover troop pay

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A curated guide to major news and developments over the weekend.

25/10/2025

"This is extrajudicial killing. In American domestic law, that's called murder," says Rebecca Ingber on 's "Legality of Military Strikes on Drug Traffickers" panel.

Collection of expert perspectives on the topic:

Collection of expert analysis on the legality of the U.S. strike on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean, the consequences of the strike, and related issues.

25/10/2025

Catch up on our recent analysis:

• Series: International Law Weekend 2025
• U.S. strikes / Venezuela
• Russia-Ukraine War
• Israel-Hamas War
• United Nations / Global inequality
• Trump executive actions
• Supreme Court / U.S. military
• Series: When Guardrails Erode
• Cyber
• Violent extremism
• Civilian harm
• Civil society

With thanks to our authors this week:

Alesia Sedziaka
Amal Clooney
Ambassador Daniel Fried
Amity Boye
Amy Cooter
Benjamin R. Farley
Brenner M. Fissell
Brian Finucane
Chris Rogers
Claire O. Finkelstein
Clara Apt
Eliav Lieblich
Harriet Moynihan
Jason Powell
Jessica Peake
Laurie Nathan
Mark Nevitt
Matiangai Sirleaf
Michael Jensen
Mitt Regan
Philippa Webb
Rebecca Ingber
Sarah Harrison
Tess Bridgeman
Viola Gienger
William J. Aceves
Yofi Tirosh

Series: International Law Weekend 2025 • U.S. strikes / Venezuela • Russia-Ukraine War • Israel-Hamas War • United Nations / Global inequality • Trump executive actions • Supreme Court / U.S. military • Series: When Guardrails Erode • Cyber • Violent extremism • Civilian harm •...