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Matthew Cline Trade and human rights have an intertwined relationship, as human rights often influence the prevalence, scope, or availability of an international trade agreement...

Elena Macomber In 2002, the Rome Statute came into force and operations at the International Criminal Court (ICC) commenced. [1] With the twentieth-century backdrop of...

Dominic Detwiler In August of 2022, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law, which the administration claims was part of “the most...

Maria Pfister What is the agreement? Last month, over 190 countries signed a new agreement to protect global biodiversity. [1] The agreement, titled the “Kunming...

Harrison LeFrois After widespread coverage of the 27 th United Nations’ (“UN”) Climate Conference of the Parties (“COP27”) held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt in November...

Connor Smith In February 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) ended the “China Initiative,” an effort launched in November 2018 by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions...

Ali Casey Vanilla is a spice that is enjoyed across the globe. Madagascar, an island country located off the southeastern coast of Africa, produces around...

Jasmin Hernandez Du Bois Despite holding less than five percent of the world’s population, the United States has nearly twenty-five percent of the world’s total...

Jay Kim Soon after the COVID-19 outbreak, the world was under lockdown, but in 2022, the frontline and borderline areas of the Democratic People’s Republic...

By Jasmin Hernandez Du Bois In 2022, record heat waves caused by climate change are being set across the globe. [1] One country particularly impacted...