Once again, the United States is considering a military attack on Iran, this time in response to the government’s violent crackdown on popular protests that swept across
the country over the last several weeks. For the time being, regional allies may have convinced the Trump administration to hold back. [...]
Over the past years, Germany has successfully secured verdicts and conducted trials related to core international crimes committed in Syria and Iraq as well as in Rwanda and
Gambia. The prosecution of crimes against humanity has been central to these efforts. [...]
Greenland has recently become the subject of significant interest by the Trump administration. In 2026, the United States has threatened the use of military force to seize
the territory, over which NATO member Denmark has long had sovereignty. [...]
The Trump administration’s use of thuggery in the pursuit of its domestic and international objectives has arguably reached its foreign apex, to date, in the repeated threats
to acquire Greenland by the use of military force or, alternatively, coercive negotiations. [...]
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On Thursday, President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and send active-duty troops into Minneapolis, MN, where widespread demonstrations continue [...]
The global technology policy landscape is entering a pivotal year. In the United States, the AI governance debate has evolved from whether to preempt state-level regulation
to what a substantive federal framework might actually contain. Internationally, competition between Washington and Beijing is accelerating, with semiconductors and [...]
The year 2025 was difficult for human rights and human rights defenders. Unceasing attacks came from governments, including the most powerful, as well as from the private sector
and non-state groups, pushing agendas in opposition to human rights. Many of these assaults are amped up by technology, with the methods and means becoming ever cheaper [...]
The upcoming U.N. conference for the negotiation of a Convention on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity, launched by the U.N. General Assembly in December
2024, will have as its basis draft articles produced by the U.N. International Law Commission (ILC). [...]
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before protests erupted in Iran in late December, Israeli officials sent messages to Iran via a Russian intermediary saying Israel would not launch strikes if it [...]
