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ChinaTalk: What to Do About Foreign Interference
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ICJ Orders U.S. to Compensate Iran for Illegally Freezing Assets
The court found that the U.S. acted in violation of the Treaty of Amity and ordered it to compensate Iran for harms experienced. -
How China’s Spies Fooled an America That Wanted to be Fooled
A review of Alex Joske, “Spies and Lies: How China’s Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World” (Hardie Grant, 2022). -
Afghanistan Requires a Change from Humanitarian Business as Usual
Given Afghanistan’s economic weakness and uncaring regime, the international community’s current approach to humanitarian aid for the country is unsustainable. -
A Dispatch From Italy: Meloni’s First Six Months
An appraisal of “Europe’s most dangerous woman” and her first months as prime minister of Italy. -
Late Effort at the International Law Commission to Decriminalize the Crime of Aggression Is Wrong in Law
The international community’s renunciation and criminalization of aggressive wars resulted from a conscious law reform project inspired by two costly world wars. A recommendation from the International L... -
Biden Administration Notifies Congress of Strikes Targeting IRGC-Affiliated Groups in Syria
President Joe Biden sent a letter notifying the speaker of the House and president pro tempore of the Senate of the precision strikes. -
Bukele Has Defeated El Salvador’s Gangs—for Now. How? And What Does It Mean for the Region?
Why has Nayib Bukele’s crackdown succeeded in “thwarting” criminal groups in El Salvador when so many others in the region have failed? -
Afghanistan’s Crises Require a Clear Statement of U.S. Policy
The United States needs to articulate its approach, to make clear its intentions and provide leadership for an international humanitarian response. -
The Israeli President’s Plan to End the Constitutional Crisis
What does it say? Why has it been rejected by the government? -
Climate Change Advisory Opinion Requests: Risk and Reward
States facing an existential threat from climate change ask international tribunals to weigh in on the obligations of states before it is too late. -
ChinaTalk: Stephen Kotkin on China