Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Feb. 28-Mar. 6, 2026)
Published on March 7, 2026
U.S.-Israel-Iran War
- International Reactions to Military Strikes on Iran: A Tipping Point for the UN Charter?
by Rebecca Hamilton - Top Questions the Trump Administration Needs to Answer on War with Iran
by Tess Bridgeman, Kate Brannen and Ryan Goodman - Double Preemption, Imminence, and the U.S. Attack Against Iran
by Eliav Lieblich - Was Targeting Ayatollah Khamenei and Other Iranian Leaders Lawful? What Precedents Does It Set?
by Marko Milanovic and Michael Schmitt - The United Kingdom’s Use of Force Against Iran: Walking a Legal Tightrope?
by Aurel Sari - The International Community at a Crossroads Over Iran: The reawakening of “illegal but legitimate” or the “law of self-preservation”?
by Yuval Shany and Amichai Cohen - Top Experts’ Backgrounder: Military Action Against Iran and US Domestic Law (republished)
by Brian Egan and Tess Bridgeman
Russia-Ukraine War
United States / Venezuela
- The Trump Administration’s Theory of Constitutional War Powers: “The President Could Decide”
by Rebecca Ingber - For Lasting Stability, Venezuela Needs a Peace Process
by Keith Mines
Emerging Technologies
- What Hegseth’s “Supply Chain Risk” Designation of Anthropic Does and Doesn’t Mean
by Tess Bridgeman - Human Rights at Risk in the Sprint Toward AI Sovereignty
by Kian Vesteinsson and Grant Baker - Artificial Urgency: Reflecting on AI Hype at the 2026 REAIM Summit
by Zena Assaad - Anthropic v. Hegseth: Pretextual Designation and Unlawful Punishment
by Harold Hongju Koh, Bruce Swartz, Avi Gupta and Brady Worthington
ICE and CBP Operations
Symposium: Updated ICRC Commentary
- “Significantly Diminished”: Commenting Anew on Article 23 of Geneva Convention IV in a Transformed Legal Context
by Tom Dannenbaum
Counterterrorism
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👁 Plumes of smoke rise following reported explosions in Tehran early on March 3, 2026. The United States and Israel started striking Iran on February 28, killing Iran's supreme leader and top military leaders, and prompting authorities to retaliate with strikes on Israel and across the Gulf. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)
