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Five Myths in the Debate about Cyber War
Between 2009 and 2013, a group of 20 public international law scholars and practitioners drafted the recently released Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber…

Time to Retire the Military Commissions
Last Monday morning, as a military judge read each of the men accused of plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks their rights to attend the hearings in their case, two of them objected.…

The ICC as the Sword of Damocles
The destruction of the chemical weapons would not be enough. An unexplored option exists to help resolve the situation in Syria: the Security Council could refer the Syrian situation…

News Roundup and Notes: September 23, 2013
Before the start of your workday, the Just Security team is dedicated to providing you with the latest news and notes of the day, both domestic and abroad, relevant to governmental…

Westgate, al Shabaab, and the AUMF
As we continue to learn more details about the horrendous attack on the Westgate Mall in Kenya—with dozens dead and hundreds wounded—Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has pleaded…

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