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The situation on Belarus's borders sparks a debate on the appropriate path for international legal scholars. The latest from Aurel Sari and Ben Hudson.

Characterizing migrants as “armed bands” shapes the legal vocabulary - with potentially dire consequences. A call for empathy and restraint in legal discourse.

Is Belarus violating its bilateral and human rights commitments at the border?

Belarus has been criticized for using desperate migrants to pressure EU borders. But is it breaking international law by doing so?

President Biden hoped for a more stable and predictable relationship with Russia. Time to deal with reality instead.

In the current security crisis and regional context, such a response may amount to meeting a threat to peace with appeasement and bribery.

It's time for Washington to recognize the role of Serb nationalism in fomenting renewed tensions across the region.

Separatist provocations pose the greatest danger to the country's peace and cohesion since the accords were forged 26 years ago.

A politically expedient "fix" would sideline citizens, including those who fought to open the system via the European Court of Human Rights.

The US and the EU must act swiftly, before more people are hurt or killed and before more damage is done to the credibility of democracy.

Continued violence by the Belarus strongman against dissidents and opponents demands a forceful response from the West.

It would be self-defeating if allies where to push back on Russian challenges to the rules-based order by undermining a rare example of it.