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The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia.[1] The complex origins of the conflict were initially influenced by Soviet-era land distribution policies in the 1920’s, and recently revitalized by Azerbaijani forces in 2020 that were motivated in part by systemically cultivated animus and in part by political pressure from Turkey.[2] … Read more

Dudleya, a North American genus of small succulent plants, sometimes called live-forevers, are being ripped from their habitat and smuggled out of the country for high profits.[1] One recent smuggler was apprehended with $150,000 worth of live Dudleya bound for Asia.[2] Just as poachers supply illegal markets of elephant ivory and rhino horn, poachers also … Read more

Last year, Jesus College of Cambridge returned an artifact known as a Benin Bronze to its native country of Nigeria.[1] It was a sculpture of a cockerel and is one of at least 3,000 artifacts that British soldiers took during a punitive, violent raid of Benin City in 1897.[2] By returning this artifact, Cambridge has … Read more

The European Union is determined to turn Europe into the first climate neutral and carbon neutral continent by 2050 as announced by Ursula von der Leyden, the president of the European Commission, on December 11, 2019.[1]  It was at this time, that the EU Commission unveiled The European Green Deal.[2]  In a nutshell, The European … Read more

On February 2, 2022, the European Commission (“Commission”) approved in principle the Complementary Delegated Act, a document that sets forth technical criteria for designating nuclear power and natural gas projects as sustainable.[1] Such designation will enable certain nuclear and gas projects to become part of the European Union’s (“EU”) taxonomy for sustainable activities — a … Read more

In early 2020, the New York Times reported that a previously unheard-of company, Clearview AI, was engaging in something notable.[1] Their mission was to create a facial recognition program that used images from public sites like Facebook and Twitter to create a facial recognition database.[2]  Clearview AI accomplishes this through a practice called “scraping”, where … Read more

According to the International Organization for Migration, climate migrants are people who due to sudden or gradual changes in the environment, which have a negative effect on their living conditions, are forced to abandon their homes, temporarily or permanently, and move to other parts of their own country or outside it.[1] These environmental changes are … Read more

It was in fair Verona where the adage was first professed, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”[1] The question, posed by Juliet in her earnest attempt to rationalize her love for a Montague, is the same one courts face today when presented with … Read more

The future of the EU-US Privacy relationship has been shaky as of late, due to a mix of trade tensions and court rulings. At the center of current trade tensions is the Schrems II case which invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield and frustrated American officials and businesses. This judgement is a preliminary ruling before the … Read more

What considerations were given to human rights when Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project was negotiated and allowed to be completed?  Nord Stream 2 pipeline will increase natural gas supplies to western Europe – primarily to Germany.[1] The natural gas will be coming directly from Russia via the Baltic Sea.[2] The pipeline is owned exclusively … Read more