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Will States Address Disability Invisibility in the Crimes Against Humanity Convention?

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By Ryan O'Neale
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Progress on a Draft Convention on Crimes against Humanity is finally underway — but whether it will deliver justice for persons with disabilities remains deeply uncertain.
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Combat Experience as a Strategic Resource: Lessons of the Red Army Purges

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By Lucas Guttentag
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Whatever one’s views on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s tenure, there is no denying that he has been unambiguous about some of his stated objectives. In a January 2025 Message to the Force, he committed the Department of Defense to rebuilding the military and reestablishing deterrence.
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Where Did All These Passports Come From? Russia’s Manipulation of Citizenship as Hybrid Warfare in Ukraine

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By Mutasim Ali, Adam Keith
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Even long before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Kremlin employed various “hybrid” methods to extend its influence within Ukrainian territory, including by cultivating allies in Ukrainian government circles in the years after the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union and by supporting oligarchs in their drive for control over sectors of Ukraine’s economy.
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Early Edition: June 29, 2026

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By Lucas Guttentag
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Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated guide to major news and developments over the weekend. Here’s today’s news: VENEZUELA QUAKE – TOLL AND RESCUE A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Venezuela’s coast on Saturday, according to U.S. Geological Survey data. Officials said the region has recorded more than 430 aftershocks since Wednesday’s major quakes. Ishani Desai reports for the New York Times; Reuters reports.
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Abandoning Principles: Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Mullin v. Al Otro Lado Denying Asylum to Arriving Migrants

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By Lucas Guttentag
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In Mullin v. Al Otro Lado, the Roberts Court interpreted a simple statutory phrase with vast consequences. The end result is a decision that gives the executive branch license to undermine asylum protections at the border – despite contrary congressional intent – and to undercut a foundational principle of refugee law.
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Sanitized and Unreviewable: Unpacking the Supreme Court’s Mullin v Doe on Ending Temporary Protected Status for 1.3m Noncitizens

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By Mutasim Ali, Adam Keith
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In Mullin v. Doe, the Roberts Court issued a sweeping rejection of lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s summary termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) affecting more than a million noncitizens living and working legally in the United States. The 6-3 decision by Justice Samuel Alito dealt a blow to judicial review of unlawful administrative actions and white-washed some of the President’s most offensive and racialized statements. The decision does two things.
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U.S., U.K. Won’t Stop UAE’s Support to Sudan’s RSF by Tiptoeing Around It Original

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By Rebecca Crootof
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It’s easy to tell when the United States has grown tired of a friendly government pretending that it isn’t secretly backing a proxy in a brutal and destabilizing war. In March, the Trump administration sanctioned the entire Rwandan military and several of its top officers, barring U.S. companies and individuals from transacting with them.
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A Dangerous Legal Loophole: Consent is Not Enough for U.S. Military Activities in Latin America

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By Mutasim Ali, Adam Keith
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Between the Trump administration’s war crimes rhetoric, its accidental and intentional targeting of civilians with military strikes, and its commencement of an unconstitutional and unlawful war of aggression, it is an understatement to say that it has demonstrated little respect for international law.
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Early Edition: June 26, 2026

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By Jordan Street, Maria Kisumbi
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Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated guide to major news and developments over the weekend. Here’s today’s news: VENEZUELA QUAKE – CASUALTIES At least 235 people were killed and 4,300 injured after two powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela Wednesday evening, officials said Thursday. The death toll is expected to rise as thousands remain missing, Megan Janetsky, Andry Rincón, and Juan Pablo Arraez report for AP.
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When Warning Loses to Permission: Iran, Trump, and the Misapplied Label of “Intelligence Failure”

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By Brian O'Neill
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A year ago, I warned in these pages that the reshaping of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) under President Donald Trump risked producing failures that were not accidental but chosen — the consequence of an institution built to warn policymakers being rebuilt to affirm their preferences. The Iran conflict presents a more troubling mutation of that risk. Based on the available public record, the IC did not collapse into affirmation.
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