Border Security According to Mitt
by Sander Couch - April promised to be a difficult month for Romney’s conservative challengers as traditionally moderate republican voters in D.C., New York and Rhode Island were asked who they...
Read moreObama beyond America and Asia
by Volen Tsolov - The one foreign policy item which can cause serious damage to US international relations and affect voter support for the President is the decision to go after...
Read moreRomney on North Korea
by Sander Couch - Just weeks after successful negotiations between North Korea and the United States on food aid in return for a moratorium on nuclear tests and long-range missile launches, the North...
Read moreObama's Foreign Policy Agenda
by Volen Tsolov - President Barack Obama’s foreign policy has remained a strong vantage point over the Republican pre-candidates in the 2012 Presidential Race. Nevertheless, his foreign policy successes, such as implementing...
Read moreRomney's bid for an American Century
by Sander Couch - As of early April, 2012, the numbers are said to favor Mitt Romney in his bid for the Republican nomination against incumbent President Barack Obama in this...
Read moreInternational Law and the 2012 US Presidential Election
By Lou Klarevas - As the 2012 United States presidential election draws closer, the Republican candidate – most likely either Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum – will likely have to come up...
Read moreLubanga: ICC first verdict
by Daniëlle de Best - As if to mark the 10th anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has delivered its first verdict....
Read moreContaining International Law UPDATED
In the Netherlands, the Liberal Party (VVD) has suggested a constitutional change which would allow the Dutch Parliament to contain the effects of international agreements in the national legal system. Their...
Read moreGeweld toegestaan na cyberaanval
Diverse media berichtte deze week over het recht op zelfverdediging van Nederland als reactie op een cyberaanval. Deze berichten zijn gebaseerd op een gezamenlijk advies van de Adviesraad voor Internationale...
Read moreHelping nations build themselves (2)
Book Review: Armed Humanitarians – The Rise of the Nation Builders by Nathan Hodge After having read Can Intervention Work? by Stewart and Knaus, the question naturally arose how the alleged...
Read moreTo judge a President: Felipe Caldéron and the ICC
While the information has been burried by the headlines, on Friday 25 November 2011, a delegation of Mexican lawyers has presented, with the support ‘of the signatures of over 20...
Read moreHelping nations build themselves
Book Review: ‘Can Intervention Work’ by Rory Stewart and Gerald Knaus It may have been proven that whoever coined the phrase “all politics is local” was also right about...
Read moreJFK and international law
On every November 22nd, people around the world still remember and mourn the death of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1963. His violent and untimely death in combination with...
Read moreVolkenrechtelijk advies in het buitenlands beleid
Het lijkt erop dat de rol en positie van het internationaal juridisch advies in het Nederlandse buitenlands beleid is verzekerd. Door twee maatregelen heeft de regering invulling gegeven aan de...
Read moreNATO needs a new mandate for Libya
After the ugly, violent death of Muamar Gadhaffi; the apparent voluntary surrender of his remaining son, Saif Al-Islam, to the International Criminal Court; and the finalized takeover of Libya by the...
Read moreLibya's looming human rights crisis
Libya has been the focus of international attention in recent times due to the revolt which overthrew Muammar Gaddafi (also Khadaffi/ el-Qaddafi). Gaddafi ruled Libya for 42 years, since he...
Read moreEuropees Begrotingsorgaan moet onafhankelijk opereren
Op 7 september zond het kabinet een brief naar de tweede kamer waarin zijn visie op de toekomst van de Economische en Monetaire Unie uiteenzet. De brief bevat een reeks...
Read morePost-9/11 migration
September 11, 2001 can be considered the turning point for security policies Western world. Security became an everyday matter, not only for those who travelled constantly and had to be...
Read moreInternational Law after 9/11
The first person to tell me that a plane had hit the World Trade Center said so almost jokingly in the apparent assumption that it was a small aircraft. It...
Read moreWill atrocities ever be punished?
In late May 2009 the Sri Lankan government announced that Velupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), was dead. This put an effective end to the...
Read moreWaarom de euro moet worden gered
Begin augustus plaatste The Economist een spotprent waarin de draak werd gestoken met Europese beloften om hernieuwde afspraken over begrotingstekorten en schuldplafonds te maken. We zien Sarkozy en Merkel de regeringen van...
Read moreEen Grieks eiland als onderpand
Finland heeft weinig vertrouwen in de aflossing van Griekse schulden en eist een onderpand voor zijn garanties. Daartoe heeft Finland een bilaterale overeenkomst met Griekenland gesloten waarin de Grieken toezeggen...
Read moreA Palestinian State
The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which has observer status at the United Nations (UN) is widely expected to apply for membership to the UN when the UN General Assembly convenes...
Read moreSomali pirates convicted in the Netherlands
The Rotterdam District Court in the Netherlands convicted its second set of Somali pirates on Friday, 12 August, to four and a half and seven years. In essence, this case...
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