Why Russia’s Shadow Fleet Is Harder To Stop Than It Looks
The UK's boarding of the Smyrtos made headlines as a victory against Russia's shadow fleet, but the maritime law…
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The Legality of US Airstrikes and Regime Change in Venezuela
US airstrikes on Venezuelan vessels, framed as a war on “narco-terrorism” and culminating in the forcible removal…
European Airspace: The New Front in Russia’s Hybrid War
Russia is no longer testing Europe at its borders but in its skies, using drones, jets, and plausible deniability…
International Climate Change Rulings Show First Signs of Success
Advisory opinions on climate change published by the ICJ and IACtHR this summer are being employed in domestic…
Judicial Warfare: How Poland Is Attacking the European Rule of Law
The Polish Constitutional Tribunal’s findings in response to a ruling issued by the European Court of Justice (ECJ)…
The Earth Needs a Lawyer Too: Making Ecocide an International Crime
"Making ecocide an official international crime would close a major gap in international law that has allowed mass…
Gene-editing and International Law: A Bioethical Debate
There exists extensive debate on the ethics of making changes to human DNA. Today, these conversations remain…
International Law is Failing the South China Sea
It is clear that international law so far has tried—and failed—to restrain Chinese advances in the South China Sea.…
Politics and Law: Two Sides of the Same Coin?
More than a century ago French sociologist and political theorist Alexis de Tocqueville predicted that courts would…
States Shouldn’t Be in Control of Everything: Why John Bolton is Wrong About…
Introduction
Secretary of Defence John Bolton has long had a bad impression of international law. He has that…