by Eric Cunningham | May 2, 2022 | All, Russia
On February 21, 2022, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian Federation would recognize the Donetsk People’s Republic and the Luhansk People’s Republic, two Russia-backed separatist regions of Ukraine, as independent sovereign states. On February...
by Eric Cunningham | Mar 28, 2022 | All, Trade, U.S. Foreign Policy, Uncategorized
Introduction On Monday March 28th, the Supreme Court issued an order denying certiorari in Transpacific Steel v. United States (“Transpacific”), a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit about the President’s statutory authority...
by Eric Cunningham | Nov 11, 2021 | All, Asia, Korea, Migration Law, Refugee Law and Policy
Changing Demographic Trends in South Korea Over the past sixty years, South Korea has experienced remarkable growth in key development indicators like life expectancy, gross domestic product (GDP), GDP per capita, and literacy. Entering the third decade of this...
by Eric Cunningham | Aug 2, 2021 | All, Asia, China, Democracy
On June 30, 2020, the People’s Republic of China inserted strict new national security provisions into Hong Kong’s Basic Law. The amendments grant broad authority to security officials in the semi-autonomous region and outlaw many forms of speech and assembly. Over a...