More: International Law
The New Nuclear Arms Race
Nuclear weapons are currently an international security issue. Lessons learned from past events have contributed to a global fear of such weapons. Simultaneously current...
Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as New Instrument in Nuclear Disarmament Process
On June 21–23, Vienna will host a historic event in the field of nuclear disarmament – the First Meeting of the States Parties to...
Vietnam Promotes ASEAN’s Role in Resolving the South China Sea Dispute
The year 2022 marks the 40th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Vietnam was...
Greece Internationalizes Turkey’s Revisionism
“We do not open a dialogue with the illegal, the ahistorical and the irrational”. This statement by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis came after the Turkish leadership’s decision to climax its...
Israel, Counter-Terrorism and International Law: Challenges of Systemic Analysis
“The existence of `system’ in the world is obvious to every observer of nature, no matter whom.”-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man...
Japan’s Claim over the ECS and Role of USA in Dispute
Japan claims that since 1885, Japan has surveyed the Senkaku Islands and determined that the islands were indeed uninhabited and clearly not under the influence...
South Africa on the right side of history or captured by Cold War allies?
Authors: Professor Gerrit Olivier and Michèle Olivier*
A seemingly non-negotiable principle of SA’s foreign policy, is to be on the side of autocrats and dictators...
Fragmentation, Aggression, Genocide: Deeper Meanings of Russia’s War Against Ukraine
“But tell me, my brothers, if humanity still lacks a goal, is humanity itself not still lacking? Thus inquired Zarathustra.”-Friedrich Nietzsche, Zarathustra
It’s hard to...
Remembering Nuremberg: Legal Obligations To Remove And Prosecute Vladimir Putin
Nullum crimen sine poena, “No crime without a punishment”
Though US President Joseph Biden was initially criticized for interfering in Russia’s “sovereign jurisdiction,” no allegation...
When protectors become perpetrators
The United Nations is nowadays one of the most important and resourceful organizations that exists worldwide when it comes to matters of security and...