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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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April 24, 2023
Diplomacy and International Institutions
Working Together Toward Accountability: How the ICC and a Special Tribunal on Aggression Can Work Together on Ukraine
Accountability in law is a cornerstone for more stable societies. Both domestically and internationally holding those who step away from the law accountable deters the future perpetration of crimes. …
September 27, 2023
Human Rights
The Fate of Justice in Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks
While the final chapter of the Russia-Ukraine war has yet to be written, the prospects of any negotiations to achieve a just and lasting peace remain distant. But it is not too soon to consider how a…
November 28, 2023
Ukraine
Russia Must Be Held Accountable for Alleged Criminal Aggression in Ukraine: Two Paths to Justice
The authors, including a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, UN Undersecretary-General for Legal Affairs, Founding Chief Prosecutor of the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, an…
June 16, 2022
United States
Fake News, Then and Now
The problem of fake news has been with us from the beginning of the Republic, and American democracy was even worse at dealing with it then than it is now.
November 22, 2021
International Law
A Negotiator's Reliance on the Nuremberg Legacy
This year we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the verdict of the Nuremberg Tribunal: on 30 September and 1 October 1946, the International Military Tribunal (IMT) delivered its Judgement in the tr…
August 9, 2023
International Law
Deterrence Lawfare to Save Taiwan
A recent Council on Foreign Relations task force report about “U.S.-Taiwan Relations in a New Era” warns that “deterrence is steadily eroding in the Taiwan Strait and is at risk of failing, increasin…
December 21, 2023
United States
These Eight Charts Show Why Fentanyl Is a Huge Foreign Policy Problem
Overdoses involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are the leading cause of death among young Americans and a threat to U.S. public health, the economy, and national security. Combating the epi…