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If the United States chooses a path where killing defenseless survivors becomes acceptable, American servicemembers will pay the price for that choice. The post Killing Shipwrecked Survivors is Not Just Illegal—It Endangers U.S. Servicemembers appeared first on Just Security.

When the U.S. doesn’t appreciate the role of finance in geopolitics, it risks mismanaging its responsibilities—and in the process creating economic and political instability. The post What Tariffs and the Argentina Bailout Can Tell Us About the Perils of Financial Statecraft appeared first on Just Security.

Legal and ethical debates surge around unreleased OLC memo on lethal boat strikes in the Caribbean, with growing calls for transparency and scrutiny of military lawyers. The post Professional Responsibility and the Boat Strikes appeared first on Just Security.

An expert backgrounder on the reported Hegseth “no quarter” order to kill everyone aboard a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2. The post Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors: An Expert Backgrounder appeared first on Just Security.

Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated guide to major news and developments over the weekend. Here’s today’s news: U.S. CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC OPERATIONS  Republican and Democratic members of Congress yesterday said that U.S. military officials might have committed a war crime, following a report by the Washington Post on The post Early Edition: December 1, 2025 appeared first on Just Security.

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. The post Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers appeared first on Just Security.

A public resource tracking all the legal challenges to the Trump administration’s executive orders and actions. The post Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions appeared first on Just Security.

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 The post Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Nov. 24-26, 2025) appeared first on Just Security.

By abandoning proactive content moderation, platforms are accelerating a global slide toward censorship — the very outcome they claim to oppose. The post The Global Retreat from Content Moderation Is Endangering Free Expression: Kenya Shows Why appeared first on Just Security.

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. The post Could “A House of Dynamite” Spark a Public Rethink of Nuclear Risk? appeared first on Just Security.