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Katerina Ossenova : "Kosovo is at a remarkable moment in history, witnessing both state-building and interaction and cooperation between the world's largest international organizations. My internship position for the summer is with...
Anthony D'Amato : "Israel's decision to launch a massive ground attack on Lebanon appears to entail an unnoticed and unintended effect. In the past weeks the Security Council had been scrambling to come up with enough...
Anthony D'Amato : "I suggest below a very simple UN resolution for the Middle East conflict. On the table right now is the draft resolution proposed by France and the United States. It has run into...
Andrew Wood : "With the Khmer Rouge tribunal beginning in less than a year, Phnom Penh is buzzing in anticipation of the proceedings. Preparation for the tribunal has been nearly a decade...
Has Israel used disproportionate force in attacking Lebanon? Should Hezbollah leaders be liable for war crimes for rocket attacks on Israeli civilians? Are Israeli operations against Gaza illegal instances of collective punishment? How far does Israel's right to self defense...
Michael J. Kelly : "Serbia has moved against a group of nationalist co-conspirators who have been hiding wanted war criminal Radko Mladic for about a decade. The Serb government, largely unresponsive to repeated requests to turn...
Ali Khan : "Endangering international peace and security and defying international law, the Middle East is spinning out of control. The recent spiral of violence intensified when Palestinian militants captured an Israeli soldier and converted him into a bargaining...
Geoffrey Corn : "Today it was reported that the Department of Defense has officially acknowledged that Common Article 3 of the four Geneva Conventions applies to the conflict with Al Qaeda. In fact, the Memorandum issued...
Ben Davis : "As the debate intensifies in an election year in Congress over what to do after the Supreme Court decision in the Hamdan case last week, I would ask two things: in drafting...