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Russia’s Ambivalent Position in International Law: A Civilizational Narrative

Russia’s unique geographic position and its own diverse culture twisted with Euro-Asian values have placed Russia as a country with a blend of civilizational values.  Perhaps,...

The Exclusive Maritime Economic Zones in the Mediterranean

Nowadays all coastal countries are taking action at maritime level by creating Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs) and this happens also in the already crowded Mediterranean, thus...

Need of multi-track diplomacy in International Relations

Authors: Areeja Syed and Asfandiyar Khan ‘Track one’ diplomacy is one of the most prominent types of diplomacy where states on the official level interact with...

Financial Action Task Force (FATF)

FATF is an independent and inter-governmental organization, which was established in 1989 by G7 countries (UK, France, United States, Germany, Canada, Italy, and Japan) .It is formed...

UN Security Council reform high on the agenda

Russia’s acting Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made it clear once again recently that it is high time the United Nations Security Council had among permanent members...

Towards the Bolder Presence of OIC on global Arena

Authors:  prof. Emmy Latifah and Sara Al-Dhahri* For over half a century, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) serves as a focal point for its member states...

Fundamental legacy of The Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials (1945-1948)

These – rather unfortunate – days some voices in Europe are trying, in a quite a historical fashion, to question the very fundaments of the antifascist...

When Life Imitates Art

Authors: Arlene J. Schar and Dr. David Leffler* The movie Wag the Dog was released a generation ago, one month before a presidential scandal which invited comparisons...

Applicability of international law for justice: Remarks on Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752

Authors: Punsara Amarasinghe and Esshan Jayawardane* The pandemonium erupted following Soleimani’s death seems to have encircled the embattled regime in Iran after admitting that Ukrainian flight was...

Killing Qassim Soleimani: Rule of law or rule of the jungle?

International law may not be a major consideration in debates about the US killing of Iranian military commander Qassim Soleimani, yet the legality of the assassination...

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