Last year I wrote a guest essay for the New York Times about the media organizations that were paying Donald Trump obscene amounts of money to settle the feeble or frivolous

lawsuits he’d filed against them during the presidential campaign. I pointed out that “the First Amendment gives American publishers and platforms rights that [...]

The End of War Project – in one of whose workshops I was fortunate to participate – explores the “range of legal, policy, moral and strategic challenges arising at the

end of conflict.” The rise in resort to international adjudication before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in recent years and, even more significantly, [...]

In recent years, the United States has revived a form of land-based nationalism that turns diffuse anxieties over foreign influence, especially from China, into sweeping legislative

and administrative action. Since Just Security first spotlighted new “alien land laws,” state and federal lawmakers, think tanks, and industry groups have increasingly [...]

The United States has begun signing bilateral agreements on global health cooperation under the State Department’s new “American First Global Health Strategy.” In the

largest of those agreements, the United States will provide $2.1 billion over five years for Nigeria’s efforts to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis; [...]

From strengthening armor for U.S. warfighters to patching supply chain vulnerabilities, the convergence of AI and biotechnology could redefine U.S. national and economic security.

Dramatic technical advancements in both fields mean that the building blocks of life, such as DNA and RNA, are understood and programmable. [...]

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The Trump administration yesterday announced that it is ending the deployment of immigration agents in Minnesota. [...]

International crimes, such as war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and the crime of aggression, often combine violence and profit. Some, like looting or using slave

labor, have an inherent economic dimension. Others, like intentional killings of civilians, can be a prelude to widescale economic exploitation of seized territories [...]

The sight of Kremlin-backed Bosnian Serb secessionist Milorad Dodik returning to Washington, D.C. for an official visit last week, after he spent much of the past decade under

U.S. sanctions, is deeply troubling. Dodik and his regime are the most militant element in the Western Balkans, which is precisely why the Obama administration, the [...]

Is the United States conducting drone strikes in Yemen against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)? If one relies on official statements by the U.S. government, the answer

appears to be no. Indeed, the United States has not confirmed a strike against AQAP since 2020, when President Donald Trump was in the final year of his first term. [...]