Burma’s Struggle for the Future
Alan Doss, former Under Secretary General of the UN, provides a historical background of the crisis in Burma and outlines the way to a unified nation.
Alan Doss
05/06/2022
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International law after the war in Ukraine: The crumbling cascade
This article discusses core challenges the Russian invasion posited for international law, exploring reforming the veto system of UN Security Council.
Katarína Šipulová
19/05/2022
International law after the war of Ukraine: Towards the post-bellum accountability
The crudity with which an open aggressive war trespasses on the core grounding principle of the United Nations has raised questions about how to prosecute war crimes or the crime of aggression.
Katarína Šipulová
19/05/2022
The View from Scotland of a Disunited Kingdom
Nicola McEwen of Edinburgh University, against a pluralist conception of nationhood, places under scrutiny the unity of the United Kingdom and identifies powerful forces of disunity threatening the whole.
Nicola McEwen
31/01/2022
Book Comment | Beyond Comity: The Complexity of Global Governance
Professor Richard Caplan, from Oxford University, offers observations on a normative approach to the “new cold war”, questioning cooperation between like-minded democracies as a solution to issues of global governance.
Richard Caplan
19/01/2022
The Unity of the UK: A choice beyond Parliamentary Sovereignty vs. Federalism
Professor Michael Gordon, from Liverpool University, emphasises the need of going beyond the binary distinction between Parliamentary Sovereignty and Federalism in discussing the unity of the UK.
Michael Gordon
13/01/2022