Posted on March 10, 2015
What the BG Group v. Argentina Decision Means for Developing Countries
Today, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) have grown to become an indispensable part of the international investment regime.[1] As of 2013, there were 2816 BITs in existence in the world,[2] compared to 1010 BITs in July of 1996.[3] Typically,… Read More
Posted on March 1, 2015
La Apertura – U.S. Initiates Diplomatic Relations with Cuba After 53 Years
Cuban cigars, baseball players seeking asylum, chrome plated cars in pastels, and those thirteen days of October 1962 which almost pitted the world to the brink of nuclear war. For the past fifty-three years these are the things… Read More
Posted on March 1, 2015
The Cuban Embargo – An Ineffective Tool
The Cuban embargo began as retaliation against Fidel Castro’s expropriation of around $1.6 billion worth of American property in the early 1960s.[1] The embargo functioned as a way to pressure Cuba to sever its ties to the Soviet… Read More
Posted on March 1, 2015
Turkey/Cyprus Dispute
By: Daniel Mengisteab In 2011 the discovery of a substantial natural gas reserve off the coast of Cyprus was thought to have brought renewed hope in the reunification of the island of Cyprus as well as Turkey’s ascension… Read More
Posted on March 1, 2015
Can/Should the U.S. Use Targeted Attacks Against Boko Haram?
During the first weeks of January 2015, the fundamentalist, Islamist, terror organization, Boko Haram, reportedly killed an estimated 2,000 innocent people in Nigeria.[1] During that same week, claimed members of Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)… Read More
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