Promoting Strong Arctic Governance and Ensuring an Aspirational Marine Resources Treaty’s Effectiveness: The Case of the Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean

Connor Sakati explores the risks, challenges, and opportunities arising from the possibility of high seas fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean. Sakati compares the situation of the Arctic to the tragedy of the commons and uses that framework to understand the current predicament and make recommendations for the future. The article begins by detailing the… Continue reading Promoting Strong Arctic Governance and Ensuring an Aspirational Marine Resources Treaty’s Effectiveness: The Case of the Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean

From Treaties to Tweets: The (In)Formality of War Termination

This article explores the causes for informality in war termination and advocates for a return to formality. Forever wars are a new, pervasive problem. Around the world, conflicts have been simmering and occasionally boil over. They do not seem to end, and this is not normal. International law scholars debate why this is happening, pointing… Continue reading From Treaties to Tweets: The (In)Formality of War Termination

Greytown, Great Power Politics, and History’s Grey Areas

Tyler R. Smotherman reviews Will Soper’s “Greytown Is No More!” The 1854 Razing of a Central American port, the U.S. Businesses Behind Its Demise, and the Lasting Foreign Policy Legacy, which looks at the cause of Greytown’s destruction and takes a critical look at the court’s subsequent ruling in Durand v. Hollins. Smotherman praises the… Continue reading Greytown, Great Power Politics, and History’s Grey Areas