The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Coronavirus, and Addressing China’s Culpability, Part III: Questions for the Record—Private Litigation Will Likely Fail to Secure Relief for U.S. Victims
Chimène Keitner[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] Introduction On June 23, 2020, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on “The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, Coronavirus, and Addressing China’s Culpability.”[1] Professor Chimène Keitner...
The Historic Opening to China: What Hath Nixon Wrought?
When President Obama hosts Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the White House this week, he will do so as the eighth US president, starting with Richard Nixon, to engage with China based on a failed strategy. This article revisits a Foreign Affairs article—”Asia After Vietnam”—authored by Richard Nixon in October 1967.
Why the US Should Ratify UNCLOS: A View from the South and East China Seas
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The Lost Dimension: Food Security and the South China Sea Disputes
Food security was a key driver behind the development of the current framework governing the law of the sea. This matters for why–and how–the Chinese are contesting claims in the South China Sea.
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