Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Jan. 19-23, 2026)
Immigration / Law Enforcement • U.S., Greenland, and NATO • Board of Peace • Anti-Corruption Series • U.S. Actions Related to Venezuela • Russia-Ukraine War • Symposium: International Courts and Ending Wars • Genocide / Myanmar • Critical Minerals Policy • MLK Day • Trump Executive Actions
The White House’s New Fraud Section: Key Questions
The plan for a new DOJ fraud division, reportedly run from the White House, raises major legal and policy questions about executive power and DOJ independence.
Proving Genocide: The Burden of Proof
The Gambia has not shifted the burden of proof in the Gambia v. Myanmar ICJ case; rather, Myanmar faces a tactical choice in its response.
Featured Articles
Emerging Evidence Provides Basis for Opening Investigation of ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good
The Justice Department’s refusal to investigate ICE Agent Jonathan Ross’s killing of Renee Good breaks with decades of DOJ civil-rights practice and standards.
Symposium Introduction: Is There a Role for International Courts in Ending Wars?
Judicial involvement in ongoing armed conflicts should be examined from multiple vantage points: courts, victims, parties to conflict, and broader goals of peace and security.
Using an Unmarked Aircraft to Attack an Alleged Drug Boat: Is it Perfidy?
Did the Sept. 2 strike on suspected drug traffickers using an unmarked aircraft violate the prohibition on perfidy, or other LOAC rules, had there been an armed conflict?
The EU Discovers Emergency Powers: Russian Assets Edition
When is it justified for the EU to rely on emergency measures to protect Ukraine and counter Russia?
Early Edition
January 23
A curated morning round up of news (domestic and international).
Start of business each weekday.
Resources
Collection: U.S., Greenland, and NATO
Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers, Operation Southern Spear, Operation Absolute Resolve
The Anti-Corruption Tracker: Mapping the Erosion of Oversight and Accountability
Jus Ad Bellum: Syllabus Supplements
International Humanitarian Law: Syllabus Supplements
Immigration Law & Policy: Syllabus Supplements
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
Collection: Just Security’s Coverage of Trump Administration Executive Actions
Just Security’s Artificial Intelligence Archive
Just Security’s Israel-Hamas War Archive
Just Security’s Climate Archive
Just Security’s Russia–Ukraine War Archive
Russia’s Eliminationist Rhetoric Against Ukraine: A Collection
Translations
Mapping State Reactions to the ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant
Community Spotlight
JS Co-Editor-in-Chief quoted in The New Yorker
Tess Bridgeman spoke to The New Yorker’s Ruth Marcus about the Trump administration’s justification of murder in its lethal campaign against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and East Pacific.Read More
JS Co-Editor-in-Chief on BBC News
Tess Bridgeman discusses the legality of orders to kill shipwrecked survivors of a U.S. targeted vessel in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.Read More
JS Editor awarded International Law Prize
Congratulations to JS Editor Eliav Lieblich, recipient of the Max Planck-Cambridge Prize for International Law, awarded for outstanding contributions to the study of international law and substantial, innovative and cutting-edgeRead More
JS Editor Mark Nevitt and Author Sarah Harrison Featured in Washington Post
Washington Post‘s Warren Strobel, Ellen Nakashima and Noah Robertson cite Nevitt’s and Harrison’s Just Security article discussing the U.S. military’s lethal strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific and the collapseRead More
Co-Editor-in-Chief Ryan Goodman Featured on 60 Minutes
60 Minutes interviewed Goodman on a study published at Just Security on how courts have reacted to the Trump administration on issues of compliance and false information.Read More
JS Executive Editor Rebecca Hamilton Talks Sudan on Australia’s ABC
Executive Editor Rebecca Hamilton updated Australians on the war in Sudan in an extended interview with TV Broadcaster ABC.Read More
JS Executive Editor Ní Aoláin Elected Fellow of the British Academy
JS Executive Editor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin KC (Hons) has been elected to the British Academy’s Fellowship, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences.Read More
JS Executive Editor Announced Fullbright U.S. Scholar
Congratulations to JS Executive Editor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, named a Fulbright U.S. Scholar for 2025-2026 in the Fullbright-Schuman European Union Affairs Program.Read More
JS Executive Editor Oona Hathaway named Berlin Prize recipient
Oona Hathaway is one of 20 fellows awarded the Berlin Prize by the American Academy in Berlin. She will use the fellowship to write her book, “War Unbound.”Read More
Co-editor-in-chief Speaks to Financial Times on Judicial appointees
JS co-editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman discussed friction between president Trump and conservative legal community over judicial appointees with FT’s US legal and enforcement correspondent, Stefania Palma.Read More
Co-editor-in-chief Speaks to WSJ about Immigration Policy
JS co-editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman discussed the political and legal challenges facing the Trump administration’s immigration policy with WSJ Supreme Court Correspondent Jess Bravin.Read More
JS author featured in ABA Journal
Senior writer for the ABA Journal, Debra Cassens Weiss, features Dean Erwin Chemerinsky’s article about a provision in the House budget bill that would limit federal courts’ contempt power.Read More
JS Editor Monica Bell, Professor of Law and Counselor to the Dean at Yale Law School, named 2025-2026 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellow
Congratulations to Monica Bell, who will join the 26th class of Radcliffe fellows. Bell was chosen for her expertise in issues of inequality, violence, safety, and racial justice.Read More
JS Executive Editor Rebecca Hamilton named AU’s Scholar/Teacher of the Year
Congratulations to Executive Editor Bec Hamilton, American University’s 2025 Scholar/Teacher of the Year. The award recognizes her for “immeasurably” contributing to the AU community and the field of law.Read More
JS Executive Editor Oona Hathaway named 2025 Guggenheim Fellow
Congratulations to Executive Editor Oona Hathaway, who will join the 100th class of Guggenheim Fellows. She was tapped based on “prior career achievement and exceptional promise.”Read More
JS AIET Director and Senior Fellow Brianna Rosen at Qatar-UK AI Symposium
Just Security’s Director for AI & Emerging Technologies Dr. Brianna Rosen chaired a panel on AI diplomacy and defence at the Qatar-UK AI Symposium in London.Read More
Co-editor-in-chief speaks to Washington Post about “Signal Gate”
JS co-editor-in-chief Ryan Goodman discussed the legal implications, and told the Post his fears for downstream effects. Read Goodman’s analysis of criminal law precedents relevant to Signal Gate.Read More
Executive Editor Hamilton on PRX The World re South Sudan
JS Executive Editor Rebecca Hamilton spoke to The World’s Carolyn Beeler about the U.S. State Department’s revocation of visas for all South Sudanese nationals.Read More
Executive Editor wins ASIL Certificate of Merit for OUP-JS book
Just Security Executive Editor Matiangai Sirleaf wins American Society of International Law’s Certificate of Merit book award for high technical craftsmanship and utility to lawyers and scholars.Read More
Executive Editor Oona Hathaway nominated President-elect of ASIL
Executive Editor Oona Hathaway nominated to serve as President-elect of the American Society of International Law. The organization is home to over 3000 international law scholars and practitioners.Read More