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Published June 30, 2026, on Just Security. 

ICYMI:  Yesterday on Just Security

• Will States Address Disability Invisibility in the Crimes Against Humanity Convention?
  By Janet Lord, Kate McInnes, Gerard Quinn, Jillian Rafferty, Matthew “Hezzy” Smith, Michael Ashley Stein, and Sigurjón Sveinsson
• Where Did All These Passports Come From? Russia’s Manipulation of Citizenship as Hybrid Warfare in Ukraine
  By Ryan O’Neale
• Combat Experience as a Strategic Resource: Lessons of the Red Army Purges
  By Michael Schmitt