Book review: ‘JFK’s Forgotten Crisis’
This is going to be a short book review I think. First, I’m on vacation. Second, this book – ‘JFK’s Forgotten Crisis: Tibet, the CIA and the Sino-Indian War’ – by Bruce Reidel, [...]
Henkin: Almost all nations…
Even as I wrote about current events lately, my research on compliance theory is close to my mind. How or will China comply with the tribunal’s ruling? What does the Chilcot Inquiry tell us about [...]
Classic cases: The Island of Palmas-case
In contrast to my previous article on the South China Sea arbitral award and the Chinese arguments in that case, this article is decidedly about territorial sovereignty. Or, to be precise, the [...]
The South China Sea Smackdown
It was a much anticipated decision to come out of The Hague: the decision (or ’award) by an arbitration tribunal about a dispute between the Philippines and China regarding the South China Sea. [...]
Chilcot and political accountability
After a ridiculous seven years, the Chilcot inquiry about the UK’s decision to invade Iraq in 2003 with the US finally produced a very lengthy report. It must have taken about a year just to [...]
Embassies and diplomats: You can’t touch this!
If I could pick one thing about international law that keeps coming up in cop- and lawyer tv-shows, it’s this: Diplomats and embassies. Why? Because people get frustrated by what you cannot do to [...]