Russia-Ukraine

International law offers important tools to prod adversaries to avoid military options for resolving disputes.

Downplaying human rights in the name of building an alliance to oppose Russia’s invasion risks strengthening the global autocratic threat of which the Ukraine conflict is only…

In short: No. Here's how to understand what the R2P commitment does require in Ukraine and beyond.

"Что не всегда признается, так это жизненно важная роль, которую Россия, или, точнее, Советский Союз,…

"Зараз в Україні усе населення на чолі з мужнім президентом ризикує своїм виживанням або змушене…

The US must take a stand for a population risking its survival or forced to flee in a fight for the ideals that Americans have long espoused.

Prosecutions could quite easily be based on Ukraine’s delegation of its own jurisdiction through bilateral or multilateral agreement.

"Ця реформа давно назріла і включає зміни, які раніше заохочували Міністерство оборони та Державний…

"This reform is long overdue and includes amendments previously encouraged by the Department of Defense and Department of State."

"Litigating aggression backwards may 'work' in the sense of obtaining favorable judgments, but it can also create subtle distortions over what is at stake that are only likely…

"This moment demands engaging the Russian Federation within multilateral spaces, not pushing them outside."

To counter Russian disinformation operations, western governments should commit more deeply to transparency and openness.