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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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March 4, 2024
United States
A Self-Absorbed America Means Disorder for the World
The dam holding back chaos in U.S. foreign policy is cracking.
November 29, 2021
Middle East and North Africa
Why Dictators Always Pretend to Love the Law
There’s something farcical—but entirely rational—about the way authoritarians such as Egypt’s Sisi invoke legal justifications for repression.
February 12, 2024
Palestinian Territories
Democracy and the Two-State Solution
The war in Gaza has focused attention once again on the search for solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The solution favored by the United States, the European Union, most of the world’s de…
December 1, 2018
United States
George H.W. Bush: An Appreciation
President George H.W. Bush’s many significant foreign policy achievements left the country and the world better off.
August 30, 2022
Syria
The Conflict in Syria and the Failure of International Law to Protect People Globally
On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, David Scheffer, International Francqui Professor (Spring 2022) at KU Leuven, reviews Jeremy Sarkin’s latest book ‘T…
October 26, 2020
Transition 2021
What Are the Laws Governing Military Force During U.S. Elections?
The prospect of a contested U.S. presidential election has spurred concerns about militias appearing at voting locations. State and federal laws have strict guidelines for any deployment of forces at…
