Foreign Relations & International Law

A review of Kevin Arlyck, “The Nation at Sea: The Federal Courts and American Sovereignty, 1789-1825” (Cambridge University Press, 2025).

It is a global model for its domestic, not international, legal origins. Future peace may be the real cost of de la Espriella’s attacks.

In war, the guns do not fall silent so the diplomats can speak. The guns often speak for them.

The critical mineral has driven a wedge between Washington and Vilnius, as the Trump administration pressures a NATO ally to engage with Belarus—sidestepping the EU in the process.

From targetability to liability, tech companies face expanding risks in conflict zones.

Bill C-22’s anti-security powers could cost Canada the tool it needs most to modernize investigations for the cloud era.

Eighty-one years after Hiroshima, a look at the legal contradiction embedded in the UN’s founding—and the dormant charter provision that could still resolve it.

A review of Fiona M. Alexander, Laura DeNardis, Nanette S. Levinson, and Francesca Musiani, “Geopolitics at the Internet’s Core” (Palgrave MacMillan, 2025).

What Congress giveth, Congress can take away.