On 5 December 2025, the ICJ delivered its order on the admissibility of Russia’s counter-claims in the Ukraine v. Russia genocide case. It is now the second decision by the Court in this unusual ‘reverse genocide case’ (see, on this blog, Raju, Milanovic, Weller) brought by Ukraine in…
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EU Sanctions and the Undoing of International Investment Arbitration – EJIL: Talk!
Sailing Yacht A in the Gulf of Trieste, seized in 2022 under the EU sanctions regime.
It is well known that the EU has a complicated relationship with international investment arbitration. Whilst the two appear to be grounded in comparable commitments to a liberal international economic order,…
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The Middle East’s Geopolitical Landscape: Shifting Alliances and Rivalries — Russia in Global Affairs
The recent developments in the Middle East are propelling the region into a new reality characterized by uncertainty, intensified competition, conflict, and pronounced polarization among emerging powers vying for influence and dominance.
New security axes are…
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Trump’s Venezuela Move May Have Just Earned Him a Nobel Peace Prize — Russia in Global Affairs
If there were an award for Most Unfulfilled Personal Wish of the Year, Donald Trump would be the runaway winner. His desire to receive the Nobel Peace Prize has been so overt – and his actions so clearly aligned with that goal – that the disappointment is…
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Want to speed brain research? It’s all in how you look at it. — Harvard Gazette
To get a better look at brains, Harvard researchers are making microscopes work more like human eyes.
Until recently, the quest to build high-resolution maps of brains — otherwise known as “connectomes” — was stymied by the slow pace and cost of powerful electron microscopes capable…
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The Long 20th Century Is Over. A New World Is Being Built Through Self-Determination — Russia in Global Affairs
Two quotes, separated by four years, show how profoundly global politics has shifted.
The first reads: “The United States of America shall undertake to prevent further eastward expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and deny accession to the Alliance…
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Trump Finished Off the Globalist Illusion in 2025 — Russia in Global Affairs
If there was a single theme tying American foreign policy together in 2025, it would be a decisive shift away from the rhetoric of ‘global leadership’ toward an unapologetic assertion of privilege within its own geopolitical neighborhood. Donald Trump is ending…
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Might or Right? The Prospect of an ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Security Council Veto – EJIL: Talk!
The United Nations Security Council (“SC”) veto has once again become a focal point of debate. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and paralysis over the situation in Gaza have revived a familiar concern: the SC’s primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security appears…
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The Allegations of Genocide Case and Russia’s Judge Ad Hoc – EJIL: Talk!
The Allegations of Genocide case has entered a new phase. On 5 December 2025, the International Court of Justice (Court) issued an order on Russia’s counter-claims. By eleven votes to four, it found them admissible as such and forming part of the current proceedings. Naturally, the decision on…
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A tiny limpet reveals big secrets — Harvard Gazette
In the depths of the central Pacific Ocean, nearly 2,400 meters below the surface, scientists found a new species of deep-sea limpet clinging to a sunken log.
The discovery represents a significant find in the study of the deep ocean, the largest ecosystem on the planet but one that is…
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