Beyond Vaccine Diplomacy: The U.S. Push for Expanded Access to COVID Vaccines
As the pace of vaccinations slows in the U.S.,[1] countries like India are eager to get their hands on extra vaccine doses currently sitting in
America’s New Floating Black-Sites
The exploitation of grey areas in international law created floating prisons, black-sites, and the potential for and the probability of grave human rights violations. In
The Trump Administration’s New “Peace in the Middle East”: What does that Mean for Palestine?
On September 15, 2020, the Trump White House brokered the Abraham Accords between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain, recognizing the normalization of
International Patent Registration: The PCT System
The patent system was created to give inventors the right to “exclude others from making, selling, or using [their] invention.”[1] Patent owners therefore want widespread
The Right to Health: An International Obligation to Provide Access to Medication and Healthcare
Over the past 70 years, the international legal community has created a legal obligation for states to provide access to health care and medicines to
The European Single Market vs. RCEP Mega Trade Agreement
Manan Vatsyayana, 3rd RCEP Summit (photograph), The world’s largest trade deal could be signed in 2020 – and the US isn’t in it, CNBC: WORLD ECONOMY (Nov. 11, 2019), https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/12/what-is-rcep-asia-pacific-trade-deal-slated-to-be-worlds-largest-fta.html.
Hungary’s Road to Authoritarianism – Through the Demise of a Liberal Democracy and Free Judiciary
INTRODUCTION Over the past decade, through the aftermath of the 2008/09 financial crisis, the 2015 refugee crisis, and the following increase in right-wing extremist politics,
Does the U.S. Space Force Violate the Outer Space Treaty?
The National Institute of Standards and Technology estimates the economic benefit of the space-based Global Positioning System (GPS) for private sector use between 1984-2017 at
The Scottish EU Citizenship Limbo
As Brexit wraps up, Scotland leaves the EU against its peoples’ will.[1] Implicitly, the EU decided that continuing to recognize Scots as EU citizens would
COVID-19: An Erosion of Women’s Rights Guaranteed under International Law
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the latest communicable disease that poses a threat of global spread. In the past twenty years, there have been seven[1]
Cyber Attacks & Modern Warfare
Cyber-attacks have increased in frequency, presenting a difficult issue in modern international law. The effects of a cyber-attack have the capacity to cause widespread and
Are Economic Sanctions Effective? Not in North Korea
Sanctions are a tool used by governments and coalitions such as the United Nations to “incentivize change in a target[ country]’s behavior” by making it
