Breaking News: International Law

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Israel carried out “precise and targeted” airstrikes on Iran this past Saturday.

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Llyod J. Austin III confirmed Wednesday that North Korea had sent troops to Russia to join in their fight against Ukraine. ...

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GW Law’s Annual J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Distinguished Lecture on Global Climate Change and Energy Law ...

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Threats to democracy are occurring all over the globe, and UC San Diego scholars are taking a deep dive into understanding the growing phenomena as part of the Future of Democracy, an initiative of the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation

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NATO said the exercise, dubbed “Steadfast Noon,” will run for two weeks and is a routine exercise that happens every October. ...

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The drills came four days after Taiwan’s National Day, when Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te used his speech to defend his country’s democracy and way of life. ...

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The one-year anniversary of the Hamas attacks in Israel arrived with no sign of a cease-fire agreement, and multiple signs that the fighting could expand to multiple fronts and go on for years.  Virginia Tech global affairs expert Ariel Ahram answered more questions about the expanding conflict and what a solution will require. 

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A multi-country, government-led initiative dedicated to advancing the global transition to a sustainable, bio-based economy, unveiled a new Global Biomass Resource Assessment, providing groundbreaking data on current and future sustainable biomass supplies around the world.

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Two years and seven months into the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces, the attitudes of the Ukrainian people toward ending the war are reluctantly shifting. Virginia Tech international affairs expert Gerard Toal has researched Ukrainian public opinion for a decade. His most recent findings indicate that more Ukrainians have become open to entering into negotiations with Russia.

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The piece calls for a more nuanced understanding of China's automotive market dynamics in order to inform global policy decisions. ...

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His departure comes after Venezuelan strongman President Nicolás Maduro declared himself the winner of July’s election, violent clashes broke out around the South American country, and Venezuela’s... ...

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Electronics and Communications Research Institute (ETRI) announced on July 1 that they have decided to establish a cooperative system with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) to conduct further research regarding the development of an AI policy intelligence system that can assist public policy decision-making.

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Russia launched “the biggest air assault since the war began, Ukrainian officials said. ...

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The SMART Partnership is pleased to announce the inaugural SMART Global Congress in Windhoek, Namibia from 10-14 March 2024.

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With fish stocks declining globally, more than 190 countries recently made a commitment to protect about a third of the world’s oceans within “Marine Protected Areas,” or MPAs by the year 2030.

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World hunger is growing at an alarming rate, with prolonged conflicts, climate change, and COVID-19 exacerbating the problem.

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To become carbon neutral by 2060, as mandated by President Xi Jinping, China will have to build eight to 10 times more wind and solar power installations than currently exist in the country. Reaching carbon neutrality will also require major construction of transmission lines.

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