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A Response to Roger Alford

by James Goldgeier

July 7th, 2008 - 10:04 PM EDT | 1 Comment » | Continue Reading » http://opiniojuris.org/2008/07/07/a-response-to-roger-alford/ |

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December 8, 2013
Why the U.S. is Not Invoking International Law to Oppose China's ADIZ
China's East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) has spawned tons of media commentary, so much so that I have had little to add and can barely keep up with all the coverage. Still, there is one small legal point that bears some further d...

December 3, 2013
The Protests in Ukraine and Normative Geopolitics
One hundred and ten years ago next month, British geographer Halford Mackinder presented a paper at the Royal Geographical Society in London entitled “The Geographical Pivot of History,” setting out the basic tenets of what we now call “geopoli...

December 1, 2013
The OTP's Remarkable Slow-Walking of the Afghanistan Examination
The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the ICC just released its 2013 Report on Preliminary Examination Activities. There is much to chew over in the report, but what is most striking is the OTP's slow-walking of its preliminary examination into crime...

November 24, 2013
The New Iran Deal Doesn't Look Legally Binding. Does it Matter?
A flurry of news today over the announcement that Iran has cut a deal with six major world powers -- the Permanent 5 members of the UN Security Council -- the US, Russia, China, France and the UK -- plus Germany. The text of the 'Joint Plan of Acti...

November 24, 2013
Why Is the New Agreement Between P5+1 and Iran Not Void?
A few days ago, in response to reports of an imminent deal between P5+1 and Iran concerning Iran's uranium enrichment, Tyler Cullis and Ryan Goodman debated whether Iran has a "right" to develop nuclear power for civilian purposes. Tyler argued that ...

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