Latest in Foreign Relations & International Law
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International Law of the Sea Meets Israeli Constitutional Law: The New Israeli-Lebanese Maritime Border Agreement
Israel’s Supreme Court published the reasons for its judgment on the legality of the Israel-Lebanon Maritime Delimitation Agreement. -
ChinaTalk: Year in Review!
The latest episode of ChinaTalk. -
Wargames Can’t Tell Us How to Deter a Chinese Attack on Taiwan—But Different Games Might
While wargames offer the possibility of exploring the potential outcomes of a U.S.-China war, they have several shortcomings that must be considered in order to more incisively explore key issues such as... -
Five Ways to Help the Venezuelan People and Stem the Flow of Migrants
President Biden must change U.S.-Venezuela policy to include ditching the Guaidó strategy, easing U.S. sanctions, promoting migration talks, and more. -
Congress Mandates Sweeping Transparency Reforms for International Agreements
Congress just enacted the most important reform of the rules governing the transparency of binding international agreements in the past half-century, and for the first time included nonbinding agreements. -
Inspector General Reform in the NDAA
Congress has made it harder for presidents to replace a fired or acting inspector general with a non-independent official. -
Disagreement Between the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II and the Office of the Prosecutor Regarding the Afghanistan Situation
The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II’s authorization to resume the investigation into the Afghanistan situation comes amid a disagreement with the Office of the Prosecutor regarding the temporal scope of the inv... -
ChinaTalk: What to do About TikTok
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Who Really Benefits From Banning White Supremacist Groups?
Bans targeting white supremacist organizations are increasing around the world. Germany's experience demonstrates how these bans can backfire. -
ChinaTalk: 2022 in Review
The latest episode of ChinaTalk. -
The FBI’s 2021 Hate Crime Data Is Worse Than Meaningless
The deeply flawed data underpinning the FBI's new report produces an extremely flawed understanding of hate crime trends across the country. -
Deferral and De Facto Authorities: The ICC Prosecutor’s Assessment of Afghanistan’s Deferral Request
The Office of the Prosecutor’s analysis of the merits of Afghanistan’s 2020 request to defer the ICC’s investigation not only underscores its own views of the law applicable to deferral requests but also...



