More: International Law
Aiding Neo-Colonialism: Reviving a Colonized State
Haiti, often labelled and dismissed as the “Failed State” of the Caribbean, remains one of our international bureaucracy’s most visible failures. Nearly two decades...
Surrounded by Enemies: Myanmar’s Diplomacy Faces the ICJ Challenge
The ongoing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine region has deep roots, and any unbiased conversation about this issue must be a polyphony of voices, not...
The “Rules Based International Order” is Crumbling: Should We Mourn Its End?
On January 20, 2025, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a speech at the annual WEF meeting in Davos. Immediately, a chorus of praise...
Trump’s Brand of Empire
The image of Venezuelan elected President Nicolás Maduro, blindfolded and handcuffed, being taken into a prison in New York, presents the ugly face of...
International Law in the Age of Power Politics
On January 3–4, 2026, U.S. forces carried out a military strike in Caracas and captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The couple,...
Stability without monopoly: Why the International System is relearning its balance
The international order in 2026 reveals a paradox that classical theory anticipated but post-Cold War optimism tried to forget: stability does not emerge from...
From the Monroe Doctrine to the Donroe Doctrine
For more than two centuries, the Monroe Doctrine shaped the United States’ relationship with the Western Hemisphere. Framed in 1823 as a warning against...
Power versus Law: The Illegality of the U.S. Seizure of Venezuela’s President
The U.S Army’s Delta Force and the 160th special Operations Aviation regiment under Operation Absolute Resolve, carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela. The...
The US withdrawal from 66 global organisations bells danger to Multilateralism
Marked by the evolution of a multilateral order characterized by the United Nations, Bretton Woods institutions, and a broad suite of international organizations, it...
Equality, History, and the Question of Palestinian Statehood
A thread runs from Christopher Hitchens to Edward Said and straight into Gaza’s present: the fight over who gets to live as a political...