More: International Law
Unilateral Declaration of Independence by Catalonia: Examining Legality under International Law
October 2017 has been marked a historic month for the people of Catalonia, as Catalonian Parliament passed a resolution by a vote of 90%...
Using science diplomacy in the South China Sea
Despite White House efforts to deny well-established climate change reports and U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, most might question the wisdom...
Donald Trump’s Jerusalem Move Scuttles Middle East Peace Process
US President Donald Trump is notorious for taking widely infamous and clearly dangerous policy decisions driven by ego-centrism and parochialism, the latest addition being...
A World Of Denial
We live in a world of denial: The Burmese deny the Rohingya; they call them Bengali even though they have lived in Burma for...
Managing the South China Sea: Where Policy Meets Science
The South China Sea is in a crisis. The problems facing the sea are as vast, deep and seemingly intractable as the oceans themselves....
Banning Killer Robots the Non-Conventional Way: The Case for Preventive Arms Control
Pressure is amounting for the UN to outlaw lethal autonomous weapons (LAWS) under the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). Notwithstanding the letter signed...
Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem: Letting a genie out of the bottle
US President Donald J. Trump has let a genie out of the bottle with his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and intent to...
Human Trafficking in Rohingya Refugee Camps
In light of the ‘repatriation agreement’ signed between Myanmar and Bangladesh, the 620,000 recent Rohingya refugees who have been living in Cox’s Bazar for...
United States and International Criminal Law: Perpetual tale of opposite poles
The changing face of global adversity in the arena of international law has had a monumental impact on international legal jurisprudence. One of the...
Israel and Cyprus: Untying the Gordian Knot on East Mediterranean Gas
Gas exploration and drilling activities in Israeli and Cypriot waters along with licensing rounds for blocks near the super-giant Zohr gas field raise the...