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In her address to the ASIL annual meeting, incoming president Oona Hathaway says international law has never mattered more than it does right now.

New START’s expiration highlights the limits of arms control designed for an earlier era of bilateral rivalry, without accounting for factors such as China's buildup.

UN treaty talks on older persons’ rights must reconcile dementia-related risks, fragmented legal regimes, and disability-related reforms to ensure autonomy and protection.

The U.S. effort to withdraw from the WHO presents unique issues of international law—and offers a rare opportunity for an international organization to push back on U.S. exit.

Can the United States join the Board of Peace without action by Congress? Can it provide funds or carry out its operations without congressional approval?

Trump’s threats to invade Greenland risk destroying NATO itself, but a little-known statute, 22 U.S.C. 1928f, could prevent him from doing just that.

Will President Trump, as President Truman did during the WWII era, succeed in refashioning the law governing international seabed minerals?

It is up to democracies to ensure that repressive regimes do not abuse the new U.N. Cybercrime Convention to undermine fundamental freedoms.

After abandoning nuclear arms for the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine faces existential war -- proof that security “assurances” alone won't be enough now.

Trump's Executive Order on Qatar raises a number of important legal and policy questions that merit careful consideration by Congress and the public.

All States should ensure the inclusion of gender apartheid in international law, including in the draft crimes against humanity treaty.