by Andrea Lorch | Oct 25, 2021 | Africa, All, Uncategorized, United Nations
Western Sahara remains an anomaly in the field of international law. In the eyes of the United Nations, it is a Non-Self Governing Territory with no administering power. However, even after an international promise of independence from colonization, Western Sahara is...
by Brandon Padgett | Oct 11, 2021 | All, History, Private Space Flight, Public International Law, Space Law, United Nations
Introduction For decades, people around the world have looked up at the stars and thought about the brave women and men who travelled beyond the bounds of earth’s gravity in the name of science and exploration. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Valentina Tereshkova, Sally...
by Michael Friedl | Sep 30, 2021 | All, Arms Control, Disarmament, National Security, Public International Law, Space Law, U.S. Foreign Policy, United Kingdom, United Nations
The United Nations (UN) may rightfully be described as a universal and global international organization, with comprehensive subject-matter and geographic competency. Nevertheless, the scope of its activities even goes beyond the Member States’ territories. In fact,...
by Michael Friedl | Aug 9, 2021 | All, Comparative Law, Democracy, Elections, Latin America, U.S. Foreign Policy, United Nations
In the night of July 7, 2021 several assailants entered the home of Haitian President Jovenel Moise and assassinated him, apparently without meeting resistance by his guards. Within days of the shooting, several suspects were killed and others arrested, while some...
by Alexis Mayer | Feb 18, 2021 | Africa, All, Human Rights, United Nations
In the mid-2000s, a militant insurgent and terrorist group, Al-Shabaab, developed in Somalia. Al-Shabaab has become “the largest and most connectedly violent arm of al-Qaeda.” Al-Shabaab, which translates from Arabic to “the Youth,” has recruited thousands of...
by Meredith Gusky | Jan 20, 2021 | All, Human Rights, U.S. Foreign Policy, United Nations
On November 23, President-elect Joe Biden chose Linda Thomas Greenfield, a career diplomat, to serve as his Ambassador to the United Nations. The U.N. Ambassadors serve as the voice of the United States at the UN. They negotiate and promote foreign policy objectives...