International Law

Will Scholars Take a Stand Against Scholasticide in Gaza?

Will Scholars Take a Stand Against Scholasticide in Gaza? Will Scholars Take a Stand Against Scholasticide in Gaza?

The fight inside the historical profession heats up.

Mar 6, 2025 / Van Gosse

Antony Blinken, Joe Biden, and Lloyd Austin provided Israel with military, diplomatic, and public support knowing that such support would facilitate attacks on civilians, mass murder, and the deliberate deprivation of items needed for Palestinians in Gaza to survive, argues Sarah Leah Whitson.

Why We Asked the ICC to Investigate Biden for Aiding and Abetting Genocide Why We Asked the ICC to Investigate Biden for Aiding and Abetting Genocide

The evidence that Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, and Lloyd Austin helped Israel commit war crimes is overwhelming.

Mar 5, 2025 / Sarah Leah Whitson

Tent housing at Guantánamo Bay

Hiding Detained Immigrants From Public View Can Only End in Horror Hiding Detained Immigrants From Public View Can Only End in Horror

Guantánamo is now a recyclable holder for whoever is the enemy of the day.

Feb 28, 2025 / Andrea Mazzarino

Donald Trump sits at a desk, signing a document. Behind him, a map reads

Greenland! Canada! The Panama Canal! The Gulf of America! Gaza! Greenland! Canada! The Panama Canal! The Gulf of America! Gaza!

Manifest Destiny gets a reboot under President Donald Trump.

Feb 25, 2025 / William J. Astore

Trump Border Wall

Biden Built the Deportation Machine Trump Is About to Exploit Biden Built the Deportation Machine Trump Is About to Exploit

Biden left office as the king of border contracts, creating a massive border-and-deportation arsenal now at Trump's disposal.

Feb 20, 2025 / Todd Miller

UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese.

Francesca Albanese Wants to Put an End to Israel’s Impunity Francesca Albanese Wants to Put an End to Israel’s Impunity

A conversation with the UN special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories on the plain facts of Israel’s war crimes.

Feb 19, 2025 / Nadine Talaat

Trump’s Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO—if We’re Lucky

Trump’s Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO—if We’re Lucky Trump’s Mafia Shakedown Might Destroy NATO—if We’re Lucky

America’s greedy gangster president is forcing European elites to finally reckon with the high price of protection.

Feb 17, 2025 / Jeet Heer

Francesca Albanese, United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, holds a press conference in Geneva on December 11, 2024.

The Hague Group Must Become a Global Initiative The Hague Group Must Become a Global Initiative

The formation of The Hague Group is a critical step toward saving the international legal order. More states need to follow through to ensure the end of systemic impunity.

Feb 12, 2025 / Francesca Albanese

A woman with a ponytail walks through a door.

Trump’s Phony Trade Wars Are Evidence of American Imperial Decline Trump’s Phony Trade Wars Are Evidence of American Imperial Decline

President’s bullying of allies yields symbolic results—but betrays substantive weakness.

Feb 5, 2025 / Jeet Heer

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What the Neocons Do—and Don’t—Explain About Trump What the Neocons Do—and Don’t—Explain About Trump

The president’s foreign policy agenda remains unpredictable, but his war on liberal culture has deep roots.

Feb 4, 2025 / David Klion

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