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Published November 21st, 2025, on Just Security. 

ICYMI: Yesterday on Just Security

• The “Presumption of Regularity” in Trump Administration Litigation By Ryan Goodman, Siven Watt, Audrey Balliette, Margaret Lin, Michael Pusic, and Jeremy Venook
• Normalizing Far-Right Ideologies in the Western Balkans: Croatia’s Role at Home and Abroad By Georgio Konstandi
• Nicaragua v. Germany: Why Israel is Not an Indispensable Third Party By Adil Ahmad Haque