Nonetheless, as in any living constitution, these principles are not, as it were, carved in stone: They are best understood as a connected system of perpetually contending power centers, along the lines of what James Madison describes in Federalist No. 47. [read post]

Since late 2021, Just Security has published over 300 articles analyzing the diplomatic, political, legal, economic, humanitarian, and other issues and consequences of Russia’s war on Ukraine, including many in Ukrainian translation The catalog below organizes our collection of articles primarily about the war into general categories to facilitate access to relevant topics for policymakers, researchers, journalists, scholars, and the public at large. [read post]