Weekly Brief: events that will change the world in 2018

The passing year was by far one of the most turbulent one in international politics. While millions of people around … More

Weekly brief: Brexit talks and the decision of Vladimir Putin

Syria is in ruins. Millions of people are displaced due to the ongoing war. Thousands are dead. However Bashar Al … More

Weekly brief: Unrest in the Middle East and Russians are banned from the Olympics

Jerusalem is a capital or one of the capitals? The former president of the United States once said “One voice … More

Are we entering a period of states without territory? The impact of climate change on small island states’ legal subjectivity under international law

Against the background of the condemnation of the Paris Agreement by US President Donald Trump and the G20 being unable to find common ground on fighting climate change, it is time to deal with the international law implications of what happens to the legal subjectivity of small island states whose territory gets swallowed by the rising sea level.