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Mar 9, 20175 min read

The Need for an Evidentiary Standard for Open Source Evidence

By Sara Birkenthal I zoom into the pixelated image of a neighborhood in Bayanoun, a district located in the Northern district of Syria,...

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Mar 5, 20171 min read

This Day in International Law: March 3

By Lauren-Kelly Jones Thus began the Second Opium War – also known as the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French War – which followed the First...

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Feb 24, 20171 min read

This Day In International Law: February 24th

By: Jackie Momah On February 24 1924 Mahatma Gandhi was released from prison. In his fight against the British rule over India in the...

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Feb 21, 20175 min read

Self-determination in Western Sahara: A Case of Competing Sovereignties?

By: Maribeth Hunsinger Western Sahara is a disputed territory in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordering Morocco, Algeria, and...

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Feb 18, 20171 min read

This Day in International Law: February 17

By Arjun Ghosh On February 17, 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was founded in Geneva by Swiss businessman Henry...

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Feb 10, 20172 min read

This Day in International Law: February 10th

By Alfredo Diaz On February 10, 2009, the first accidental hypervelocity collision between two intact artificial satellites in low Earth...

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Dec 15, 20165 min read

Russia and Japan’s Kuril Islands Territorial Dispute: How Likely is a Resolution?

By Ilya Akdemir On December 15th, 2016, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will pay a visit to Japan. The discussions between President...

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Dec 8, 20164 min read

Promoting Infrastructure Development in Central Asia Through Public-Private Partnerships

By Maribeth Hunsinger, JD Candidate 2019 The relatively young nations of Central Asia have been slowly opening their economies to foreign...