I. Just Security Event: Modern Surveillance Under the Trump Administration
- Just Security, Just Security Event: Surveillance and the Trump Administration (Thursday, Feb. 23)
II. Russian Ties to the Trump Team
- Ryan Goodman, Dissecting Reince Priebus’ Denials of Russian Connections (Monday, Feb. 20)
III. The “Muslim Ban” Executive Order
- Scott Sullivan, Do-Overs and Judicial Legitimacy: Thoughts as We Await the New Immigration Executive Order (Tuesday, Feb. 21)
IV. Norms Watch
- Katerina Wright, Norms Watch: Tracking the Erosion of Democratic Traditions (Feb. 17-24) (Friday, Feb. 24)
V. Trump Administration Appointments
- Adil Haque, McMaster on the Ethics of War (Tuesday, Feb. 21)
VI. Whistleblowing in the Federal Government
- Nick Schwellenbach, Survivor’s Guide to Being a Successful Whistleblower in the Federal Government (Wednesday, Feb. 22)
- Andrew Bakaj and Mark Zaid, New Case Proves Intelligence Community Whistleblowers Have Protections (Thursday, Feb. 23)
- Ryan Goodman, Whistleblower Reinstated in Job in Test Case for NSA and Intelligence Community (Friday, Feb. 24)
VII. DNI Report on Civilian Casualties
- Ryan Goodman, A Just Security Debate!—What’s With the Criticism of the DNI Report on Civilian Casualties? (Wednesday, Feb. 22)
- Gabor Rona, Reasons to Distrust Intelligence Report on Civilian Casualties (Thursday, Feb. 23)
VIII. CIA Extraordinary Rendition
- Beth Van Schaack, A Look at the Case of the ex-CIA Officer Being Extradited to Italy for her Role in a 2003 Rendition (Friday, Feb. 24)
IX. Syria Accountability in the United Nations
- Alex Whiting, Russia Maintains Objection to General Assembly’s Mechanism for Syria (Friday, Feb. 24)
X. Counterterrorism Strategy in the Trump Adminstration
- Christopher Fonzone and Stephen Pomper, How Trump’s Team Can Use Obama’s Counterterrorism Playbook to Defeat al-Qa’ida and ISIL (Tuesday, Feb. 21)
- Nadim Houry, Trump’s CVE Program: Going From Bad to Worse (Wednesday, Feb. 22)
XI. The Law of War
- Charles Kels, Letter to the Editor: Response to A Right to Fight? (Thursday, Feb. 23)
XII. The Role of International Law in National Security
- Beth Van Schaack, Call for Papers: “Revisiting the Role of International Law in National Security” (Thursday, Feb. 23)