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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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November 16, 2023
Argentina
Argentina Election Draws Wider Attention to Embattled Economy
The country’s massive economic problems will be a vexing challenge for whoever becomes president.
November 13, 2023
Liberia
History Casts a Long Shadow Over Liberia’s Democracy
As Liberia heads to a closely contested runoff election, the possibilities are decidedly limited.
October 30, 2023
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia Has Become a Hotbed of Transnational Repression
Whatever taboo existed against extraterritorial renditions and executions in other places around the world never really existed in mainland Southeast Asia.
October 19, 2023
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
What International Law Has to Say About the Israel-Hamas War
Hamas’s attack on Israel and the ensuing war in the Gaza Strip raise a host of questions about the combatants’ legal obligations.
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…
July 19, 2023
International Law
The United States Should Ratify the Rome Statute
(Editor’s note: This article is part of a joint symposium hosted by Just Security and Articles of War. The symposium addresses topics discussed at a workshop held at The George Washington University …
July 16, 2023
United States
How Today Is Like the 1890s
The most popular historical analogy for current American troubles is the Civil War era. The second most popular is the Gilded Age. But where the 1850s do not meaningfully resemble today, the 1890s ce…
