–Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, PhD Fellow, Center for Constitutional Democracy, Indiana University Maurer School of Law Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s recurring but still

unrealized proposal to limit the term of Ethiopia’s prime minister, alongside a similar proposal that has opened a parallel debate in Hungary, has revived a revealing [...]

I haven’t written about the “unwilling or unable” test for self-defence against non-state actors in a while, largely because I’ve said all I have to say about why the

test is not part of customary international law. (See my many posts here.) But I would be remiss not to note the strangest invocation of the test I’ve ever seen, [...]

By 21 April 2026, Iran’s internet blackout had entered its fifty-third consecutive day, the longest nationwide internet disruption ever recorded (NetBlocks; IODA Iran shutdown

report). Connectivity remained at approximately one per cent of pre-war levels. The shutdown was costing the economy an estimated $35–40 million per day in direct [...]