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May 2, 2024

Turkey
Erdogan’s Crisis of Legitimacy and Its Consequences

Despite the destabilizing effects of his economic and foreign policies, as well as a major election loss, President Erdogan shows no sign of interest in course correction.

Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listen to his speech during a rally ahead of local elections in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2024.

July 19, 2023

International Law
The United States Should Ratify the Rome Statute

(Editor’s note: This article is part of a joint symposium hosted by Just Security and Articles of War. The symposium addresses topics discussed at a workshop held at The George Washington University …

May 24, 2023

Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy
School Shootings Are a National Security Threat

In the year since a gunman butchered nineteen students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the United States has suffered at least forty school shootings—perhaps most notably…

Sharpie markers are seen on the grave of Eva Mireles, one of the victims of the Robb Elementary mass shooting that resulted in the death of 19 children and two teachers in the U.S. school shooting, in Uvalde, Texas, United States, November 30, 2022.

February 21, 2023

International Law
Congress Should Close the ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ Loophole

The last Congress delivered a big win for atrocity accountability by passing the Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act, which President Joe Biden signed into law in January of this year. The law clos…

January 24, 2023

Democracy
We Need to Preserve American Democracy. Here’s How to Do It.

Americans need to understand their obligations to one another and to their country if U.S. democracy is to survive.

A woman and her children vote at a polling station during the mid-term elections at the Fairfax County bus garage in Lorton, Virginia on November 6, 2018.