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19 Feb

[Güneş Ünüvar is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the University of Exeter Law School (as of June 2026), and an Associate Fellow at the Academy of International Affairs Nordrhein-Westfalen in Bonn, Germany. He also serves as the Managing Editor of the Journal of World Investment & Trade (Brill) and as Legal Advisor to the Moon Village Association] Introduction: The Report In...

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19 Feb

[Saïda El Boudouhi is a professor at Université Paris 8. She has held academic positions across leading French and European institutions and contributes actively to contemporary debates on the evolution of public international law] Drawing from the Empirical Study on International Investment Law Protections in Global Banking and Finance (‘the Study’), the present post focuses on the reliance by investment...

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18 Feb

[Frederic G. Sourgens is the James McCulloch Chair in Energy Law at Tulane Law School and Director of the Tulane Center for Energy Law, and a practicing arbitration lawyer. He has acted as counsel and expert in complex cross‑border disputes] The recent study on International Investment Law Protections in Global Banking and Finance by Arif H. Ali, David L. Attanasio, Yarik...

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18 Feb

[Francis Xavier, SC, PBM, FCIArb, C.Arb, is Rajah & Tann’s Regional Head of Disputes Group and is recognised as a leading disputes lawyer.  He is a past global President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2020) and also a Past President of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (2019). Matthew Koh is a partner at Rajah & Tann, based in Singapore. Matthew practices...

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17 Feb

[Kiran Nasir Gore is an international disputes lawyer and academic whose +15 years of practice span commercial and investor‑State arbitration, public international law, and complex cross‑border litigation. She serves as counsel, arbitrator, and advisor to States, corporations, and international organizations] Amid geopolitical tensions, price fluctuations, and economic instability, States frequently employ monetary policies to regulate banking and financial matters and to...

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17 Feb

[Kai-Chieh Chan is co-author of the Empirical Study on International Investment Law Protections in Global Banking and Finance. He holds master degrees from Sciences Po Paris (cum laude) and Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, and he is admitted in England and Wales] Introduction Nowadays, it is widely acknowledged that investors are well protected by investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) under the thousands of investment treaties in...

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16 Feb

[David Attanasio is a Partner at Womble Bond Dickinson LLP based in Washington, DC, and a co-author of the Empirical Study on International Investment Law Protections in Global Banking and Finance. He has over a decade of experience in commercial and investment arbitration disputes, with particular expertise in Latin America–related matters] A recent study published by the British Institute of International...

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16 Feb

[Arif Hyder Ali, FCIArb, is co-author of the Empirical Study on International Investment Law Protections in Global Banking and Finance. His career spans senior roles at major international firms, the United Nations Compensation Commission, and WIPO before founding the boutique dispute resolution firm, AHALI, in 2025. Christine Carpenter is an international lawyer, and currently a Gates Scholar and PhD Candidate...

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16 Feb

[Ruby Axelson is the Head of Gender and Child Justice at Global Rights Compliance. Tobias Freeman is a senior lawyer working with Global Rights Compliance in Ukraine and member of the IHL Centre's Expert Group on Inclusion. Danielle DerOhannesian is an international lawyer and former prosecutor specialising in child justice and trauma‑informed accountability for conflict‑related crimes against and affecting children.  Mykola Palamar is...

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13 Feb

[Ariel Costa holds a doctorate in public international law and has worked with universities and research institutions across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. The author lives in the US on a temporary research visa. They are writing under a pseudonym because they are concerned this post will subject them to arrest or removal proceedings.] On January 3, US forces captured Venezuela’s...

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13 Feb

[Mojtaba Touiserkani has a Ph.D. in international relations from the University of Tehran] In early January 2026, Iran went dark. Protests that began as economically driven unrest—sparked by a collapsing rial—spread rapidly beyond Tehran and quickly widened in demands. The state answered with escalating force. On 8 January, authorities imposed a complete nationwide internet shutdown, severing the public’s ability to see,...

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13 Feb

[Mohit Khubchandani is an International Disputes Resolution Attorney and PhD candidate at Leiden Law School, writing his PhD on "Forum and harm specific metrics of compensation for environmental damages (MCES) for major international courts and tribunals. Jason Rudall is Associate Professor of Public International Law at Leiden University.] Introduction The ICJ has handed down 3 of its 4 judgments in contentious cases on the question...

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