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With newer and emerging fields of international law, China is eager to participate in its formulation in order to help realise her vision for the glob

Three months since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a pandemic, the health crisis has wreaked havoc on people’s lives and livelihoods across the globe. Can state responsibility be apportioned for the pandemic, under the current international legal system? What would the elements of such responsibility be? This brief explores the concept of “state responsibility” under public international law and exam

India needs to engage in a critical study of international law and utilise it to effectively conduct its foreign policy and engage in lawfare

Proceeding with the intention to end plastic pollution, an international legally binding instrument needs to be introduced

You would say that Trudeau was ‘playing politics’ and that his remarks are really addressed to the Sikh community of Canada. So what’s the problem? After all, did not our Prime Minister undertake major political rallies in the US? In the Houston ‘Howdy Modi’ rally last year, US President Donald Trump himself participated, uncharacteristically playing second fiddle, all because he, like all democratic politicians, likes votes.

Making a case for suspending Afghanistan from SAARC to prevent the crippling of the organisation

Over the years, India has attempted to find political as well as legal solutions to its border dispute with China; these efforts have met with little success. This paper argues that the reason a resolution to the India–China border issue remains elusive is the inadequate understanding—and enforcement—of International Law. It examines the sustainability of China’s position, as well as its general approach to International Law, its interpre

International stability can be endangered if the fine points of how international law applies to cyber operations are not determined

This brief discusses the status of Gorkhas who have joined the Russian Army and the Wagner Group as civilians, combatants, and mercenaries. Would Gorkhas, who otherwise constitute part of the regular armed forces in the United Kingdom and India, enjoy the same status if they join an ongoing conflict without entering into any bilateral agreement between the states? If not, what will the Gorkhas' status be under the prevailing international law reg

The Ukraine crisis is raising a few integral questions around our understanding of state sovereignty and the rising “spheres of influence”.

By creating a “hub and spoke” model to counter international terrorism, the US today has a veto on its legal regime, its proscribed actors and use of military force.

Repeated use of a particular cartographic version can be perceived as endorsing or legitimising a particular geopolitical stance. This is why Vietnam�

Exercise of foreign criminal jurisdiction over state officials — as India attempted to do so — is successful in very few cases, and depends on the

Obama's warning to Putin that there would be costs for the invasion of Crimea was not only empty, but the real cost in all this was to American credibility, once again. One can, therefore, expect both the US and Russia to assert their rights regardless of international law.

China has often showed a lack of willingness to abide by not only established international law but also certain norms that the global community has fostered over the years. It has flouted the decision issued by an arbitration court at The Hague regarding its claims in the South China Sea; it has also appropriated intellectual property.  In the 1970s when the Western economies were taking the lead in setting global norms while balancing the thre

While international law may lack enforceability in a traditional sense and exhibit flaws and frustrations, its influence remains significant in shapin

Tensions between the Southeast Asian claimant countries and China have been on the rise in the South China Sea despite negotiations

भारतीय विदेश मंत्री के हालिए मिस्र (Egypt visit) दौरे के उपरांत स�

An Indo-Pacific security architecture would have to be evolved. This should ensure a free, open and rule-based Indo-Pacific confirming freedom of navi

A decade ago this month, the United States and its British auxiliaries abused international law by invading Iraq. India looked on helplessly then, but is it in a position to affect another unjust invasion, this time directed at Iran?

Exercise Malabar and the trilateral dialogue have assumed significance in the backdrop of the US' rebalance to Asia and India's Act East Policy. The growing convergence of interests among the US, Japan and India on issues such as the Indian Ocean, maritime security, respect for international law and a stable Asian security order has driven the trilateral dialogue.

It is necessary to contextualise the North Korean nuclear crisis with regards to Asian geopolitics and its implications for India.

The anticipated economic and strategic windfall from environmental change in the Arctic has spurred China to officially enunciate an Arctic policy. Ke

There are clear differences between India and the rest of the Quad, but it is also evident they are willing to work together to resolve those differences.

Since the imposition of unilateral economic sanctions does not abide by international law, its use should be reconsidered

बलात्कार पर मौजूदा क़ानूनी व्यवस्था और फ़ैसले की प्रक्र�

Any governance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) needs to consider the deadliest applications of AI

BRICS was complicated from its inception, India must focus on its own priorities

With growing water scarcity across many parts of the world, competition over access to this vital resource has been known to spark conflict. Following the September 2016 Uri attack in India, the government made plans to retaliate against its neighbour by exercising its right to use water of the western rivers—allocated to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty—by building dams, canals and reservoirs. This paper aims to address the legal, econ

How well are the needs of non-G7 countries being reflected in the negotiations for a “pandemic treaty”?

Is the United States using FONOPs to undermine the International Law of the Sea and are other powers such as China following suit?

There is more at stake than geopolitical gamesmanship in the South China Sea

For years now, the Syrian government has allegedly continued to violate the basic obligations of international law.

जागतिक दहशतवादाचा मुकाबला करण्यासाठी आंतरराष्ट्रीय समुदायांमध्ये आत्मविश्वास निर्माण करावा लागणार आहे. परस्पर सहकार्यातून हा प्रश्न सुटण्यास मदत होईल.

आंतरराष्ट्रीय कायद्यामध्ये पारंपरिक अर्थाने अंमलबजाव�

भारत को चाहिए कि वो अंतरराष्ट्रीय क़ानूनों का गंभीरता से

कॅनडाचे पंतप्रधान ट्रूडो हे राजकारण करत असून, त्यांची टिप्पणी कॅनडातील शीख समाजाचा पाठिंबा मिळवण्यासाठी केलेली आहे, असे काहींना वाटू शकते. पण यात गैर काय?

आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजन्स (एआय) वर कोणतेही नियम बनवताना, एआ�