Tag: International law
Is international law powerless against Russian aggression in Ukraine? No, but it’s complicated
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The world was treated to a grotesque spectacle this week. Russia, the current president of the UN Security Council, launched an invasion...
How Russia’s recognition of breakaway parts of Ukraine breached international law – and set the stage for invasion
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Before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, it “recognised” two parts of eastern Ukraine as sovereign states: the so-called people’s republics of...
Does the US have the right to sail warships through the South China Sea? And can China stop them?
The USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz sailing in the South China Sea in July 2020. Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Samantha Jetzer/US Navy/AP
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‘War in space’ would be a catastrophe. A return to rules-based cooperation is the only way to keep space peaceful
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In 2019, US President Donald Trump declared “space is the new war-fighting domain”. This followed the creation of the US Space Force...
Australians don’t have a ‘right’ to travel. Does COVID mean our days of carefree overseas trips are over?
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Australia is a nation of enthusiastic travellers, it is one of our defining national characteristics.
At any given time, around a million of us are...
Yes, this continent was invaded in 1788 – an international law expert explains
By International law definition this country was invaded
Should we remember January 26 1788 as “Invasion Day”?
The colonisation of Australia was an invasion from an...