Welcome to this all-source, public resource for analysts, researchers, investigators, journalists, educators, and the public at large. The post Trump Trials Clearinghouse appeared first on Just Security.

A public resource that tracks the legal and political milestones in former President Trump’s busy 2023-2024 court and campaign calendar. The post Master Calendar of Trump Court Dates: Criminal and Civil Cases appeared first on Just Security.

Repository containing a collection of information about Special Counsel Jack Smith’s classified documents case against Donald Trump. The post Clearinghouse: Mar-a-Lago Documents Case – Southern District of Florida appeared first on Just Security.

Repository containing a collection of information about New York Attorney General Letitia James’s corporate fraud case against Donald Trump. The post Clearinghouse: New York Attorney General Corporate Fraud Case appeared first on Just Security.

Repository containing a collection of information about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s hush money case against Donald Trump. The post Clearinghouse: Hush Money 2016 Election Interference Case – Manhattan District Attorney appeared first on Just Security.

A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep into a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** Last week, far-right politician Javier Milei was elected president in Argentina on a platform that promised to slash public spending, abolish the central bank, and dollarize the economy, among much else. A self-described “anarcho-capitalist” who has garnered comparisons to former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and former U.S. President Donald […]

The NSO Group’s efforts to curry favor and evade accountability in the United States must fail due to its role in global human rights abuses. The post The Biden Administration Should Continue Rebuffing NSO Group’s Latest Lobbying Efforts. appeared first on Just Security.

To reinvigorate US leadership, consider why US action on the 2008 Albright-Cohen blueprint has not translated into more success. The post Invest in Early Prevention and Continuous Learning to Help Curb Atrocities in a Challenging Era appeared first on Just Security.

Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR Negotiators in Qatar with representatives from Israel, the US, Qatar, and Egypt are working toward extending the current pause in fighting between Hamas and Israel, an anonymous The post Early Edition: November 29, 2023 appeared first on Just Security.

Some of the world’s largest democracies lack a clear vision for protecting civic space and human rights in the UN climate talks. The post The Just Security Podcast: Protecting Civic Space at the U.N. Climate Talks appeared first on Just Security.

Editor’s Note: What follows is an excerpt from the authors’ new book, Information in War: Military Innovation, Battle Networks, and the Future of Artificial Intelligence. What would an ideal case of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) look like for the Department of Defense in 2040?   This question is the focus of Part IV of our Future of Algorithmic Warfare series. In contrast, the first three parts of the series explored less than ideal AI/ML developments occurring over the next 17 years, ranging from “Fragmented Development” to “Wild Goose Chases” to a worst […]

This repository contains a collection of information for researchers, journalists, educators, scholars, and the public at large. This particular repository is part of a much larger collection – the Trump Trials Clearinghouse – which contains similar documents and information related to other criminal and civil trials involving former President Donald Trump. The repository and other The post Clearinghouse: January 6th Election Interference Case – District of Columbia appeared first on Just Security.

Despite having the best naval aviators and aircraft at the beginning of World War II, Japanese planners failed to prepare to replace combat losses, and it cost them dearly. By 1942, Japanese naval aviation was in decline because “the navy had simply produced too few fliers.” The U.S. military bested superb Japanese pilots by flooding the skies quickly with good enough ones. The Japanese navy never recovered from the loss of over 100 trained naval aviators during the Battle of Midway, followed by the decimation of its remaining aviation competency at the Battle of the Philippine Sea.  […]

Dr. Michael G. Vickers, former under-secretary of defense for intelligence, joined Dr. Stephen Slick for a moderated discussion of his latest book, By All Means Available: Memoirs of a Life in Intelligence, Special Operations, and Strategy. The conversation discussed the reasons for writing the book and the reasons why senior leaders should share as much as they can about intelligence. The two also discussed the U.S. response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the war against al-Qaeda, and U.S. operations in Iraq. Image: U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Connor Mendez/Reviewed The post Keeping the […]

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE – Hamas thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for his support as it released 25-year-old Russian-Israeli dual national Ron Krivoi from captivity on Sunday in […] More The post Russia, Hamas and a Moment of Global Challenge appeared first on The Cipher Brief.

The horrific Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel has laid bare a key assumption underpinning U.S. policy toward the Middle East: that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could be marginalized indefinitely from regional political dynamics. Both the Donald Trump and Joseph Biden administrations banked on the unifying threat posed by Iran to bring Israel and the Gulf Arab states together and have sought to institutionalize tacit cooperation into a new regional security architecture based on that realignment. That strategy, however, has now been called into question. At a minimum, the deadliest month in […]

All militaries watch other militaries. They do so to learn how their allies and adversaries move, train, and operate. By understanding another military’s “pattern of life,” they learn about weaknesses and vulnerabilities that can be exploited later in conflict (or with allies, they learn about and incorporate sound military practices).  The Russo-Ukrainian war has confirmed what was already widely known about this age-old practice: Valuable surveillance is difficult to maintain over long periods of time. It demands both assets and money. Naval surveillance in the Russo-Ukrainian war is […]

Editor’s note: Congressional representatives asked George Washington to designate a national day of thanksgiving in honor of the new United States Constitution, which had come into operation in 1789. Washington observed the day “by attending services at St. Paul’s Chapel in New York City, and by donating beer and food to imprisoned debtors in the city.” Thanksgiving Proclamation [New York, 3 October 1789] By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be […]

On this episode of Horns of Dilemma, Sheena Greitens moderated a panel discussion about the Russo-Ukrainian war and broader challenges to European security. The conversation featured Gen. Vince Brooks, U.S. Army ( Ret.), former Commander, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea; Susan Colbourn, associate director of the Program in American Grand Strategy, Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University; Simon Miles, assistant professor, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University; and Mark Pomar, Senior National Security Fellow, Clements Center for […]

Editor’s Note: This is our annual Thanksgiving article, originally published in 2013. Happy Thanksgiving from War on the Rocks!  Today is all about tradition: turkey and stuffing; family, friends, and football.  From early childhood, we all learn the origin story of Thanksgiving that is so mythically central to its celebration.  Pilgrims in Plymouth Colony marked a successful harvest with a feast to which they invited Native Americans who had lent much-needed assistance after the previous hard winter.  Records of earlier harvest celebrations and debates (google “thanksgiving […]