Digest of Recent Articles on Just Security (Mar. 14-20, 2026)
Published on March 21, 2026
U.S.-Israel-Iran War
- Expert Q&A on Key Law of Naval Warfare Issues in the Conflict with Iran
by Michael Schmitt and Rob McLaughlin - Legal and Operational Issues in the Strait of Hormuz: Transit Passage Under Fire
by Mark Nevitt - Hypothetical Legal Advice to SecDef Hegseth on “No Quarter” Statement (from Office of General Counsel)
by Daniel Maurer - The Entrenchment of Iran’s Security State
by Jesse Ramsdell - An Unserious Justification for an Unnecessary War: Assessing the U.S. “Article 51” Letter to U.N. on Iran War
by Brian Finucane - Fighting an Illegal War and Fighting a War Illegally: the Link between Regime Change Operations and International Humanitarian Law Violations
by Gabor Rona
U.S. Lethal Strikes / Drug Trafficking
Abu Ghraib
Diplomacy
- If the U.S. Wants Durable Peace, It Must Protect the Institutions That Build It
by Ambassador George Moose
Inter-American Court of Human Rights
- Firearms Trafficking Comes to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Recent Advisory Opinion
by Pablo Arrocha Olabuenaga
Gender and Security
- In the Race for U.N. Secretary-General, Might a Woman Finally Lead?
by Susana Malcorra and Nudhara Yusuf - Why Gender-Blind Conflict Analysis Puts Us All at Risk
by Ambassador Melanne Verveer and Jessica Anania
Emerging Technologies
- When AI Runs the Operations: Autonomous Agents and the Future of Cyber Competition
by Jam Kraprayoon and Shaun Ee - The Trump Administration Has a Cyber Strategy. Does It Have a Plan?
by Teddy Nemeroff and Brianna Rosen - Interface Design as a Condition of Remedy in Meta’s Platform Governance
by Tanmay Durani
Immigration
- America Is Turning Away People Fleeing for Their Lives — and Breaking the Law to Do It
by Scott Busby, Mary Giovagnoli, Harold Hongju Koh and Michael Posner
Trump Executive Actions
- Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions (Updated)
by Just Security - The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation (4th edition)
by Ryan Goodman, Siven Watt, Audrey Balliette, Margaret Lin, Michael Pusic and Jeremy Venook
Armenia
- Facing Russian Hybrid Threats in Advance of Elections, Armenia Struggles to Maintain Pro-U.S. and EU Path
by Laura Thornton
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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)
