Sanctions

As the war in Ukraine continues to unfold, international lawyers must keep insisting that law be injected into diplomacy and accountability into power politics.

A review of what law and lawyers have contributed toward the goal of a just and lawful peace in Ukraine over the past four years.

The case of a jailed journalist in the Philippines is a warning for how efforts to counter terrorism financing can be manipulated into political tools of repression.

If governments are serious about accountability for atrocities, they must start following the money and treating international crimes like the big business they are.

Can Bosnia's leaders advance U.S.-backed investments to strengthen its democratic future in the face of a separatist's growing influence in Washington?

Across Asia, formalized legal and bureaucratic mechanisms are reinforcing a regional arms race in administrative instruments. U.S. policy must react accordingly.

A concentration on decision-making, investment, and accountability will lead to a more impactful DRC-Rwanda minerals agreement and improve others as well.

When is it justified for the EU to rely on emergency measures to protect Ukraine and counter Russia?

This is an Iranian uprising, and it is up to the people of Iran to decide their own future.

Where things stand along the path of Syria sanctions removal and what restrictions remain to inhibit burgeoning investment and development in post-Assad Syria.

When the U.S. doesn't appreciate the role of finance in geopolitics, it risks mismanaging its responsibilities—and in the process creating economic and political instability.

The EU should firm up its policy to help Bosnia advance toward EU membership with democratic governance. Only in this way can long-term stability be assured.