Ukraine as a ‘Final Epidemic’ Amid Increasingly Plausible Risks of a Nuclear War
“Defenseless under the night, our world in stupor lies….” — W H Auden Background of the Current Nuclear War Threat Since August 6, 1945, the “official” start of the Nuclear Age, humankind has been acquainting itself with new meanings of catastrophic conflict. Still, until now, until current Russian aggressions against Ukraine, tangible portents of any [...]
The Taiwan Foreign Ministry Monday extended its “sincere appreciation” to US President Joe Biden for promising that the US would defend Taiwan from an unprecedented Chinese attack if necessary. During an exclusive interview with 60 minutes on Sunday, Biden vowed to protect the island nation but clarified that his adminstration will continue to follow the [...]
Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related national and international developments in and affecting India. Here Apoorv Vats, a second-year student at NALSAR University of Law, files from Hyderabad on the latest disengagement of Indian and Chinese forces from a border position in contention since 2020. Last Tuesday, September 13th, India and China [...]
Las Vegas man charged with murder in Southern California church shooting
The Orange County (OC) Sheriff’s Department Monday released a statement regarding a shooting at a Laguna Woods church last Saturday. Investigators announced the arrest of 68-year-old David Chou, of Las Vegas, Nevada, on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after he allegedly entered Geneva Presbyterian Church “and fired multiple rounds, striking six victims.” Members of [...]
The US House of Representatives Wednesday unanimously passed legislation calling on the State Department to develop a strategy to regain observer status for Taiwan in the World Health Organization (WHO). The bill previously passed through the Senate in August 2021. It will now go to the White House where it is expected that President Joe [...]
Taiwan activist released from China prison after serving 5 years
A Taiwanese activist returned home Friday after serving a five-year jail sentence in China for “subversion of state power.” Lee Ming-che disappeared in March 2017. A week after his disappearance, he was found in the custody of the Chinese government. He had been arrested and charged for subversion of state power. During trial, Lee admitted [...]
How the United States Can Use Trade Policy to Prevent a New Sino-Russian Alliance
As Joe Biden prepares to warn Xi Jinping against aiding Russia, it is worth considering what the United States can offer China to entice it away as well. In the days since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, many analysts have grappled with the implications of a new world order defined by an ever more [...]
Russian forces, in an act of breathtaking barbarity, have invaded Ukraine, an independent, sovereign nation that has in recent years looked to the West for its inspiration and guidance. And with this military move, several deeply embedded international laws have been violated by Russia in what can only be described as a “criminal war of [...]
Trilateral US-Japan-South Korea meeting reaffirms commitment to international law
In a joint statement released Saturday, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Japan Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa and South Korea Foreign Minister Eui-yong Chung commented on a range of international affairs, including North Korea’s recent ballistic missile test. The statement follows a joint meeting in Honolulu which sought “to reaffirm the critical importance of [...]
Peace in our Time! Appeasement and Tyranny - Feeding the Crocodile
We all recall the famous photo in 1938 of the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain stepping off his plane holding up an agreement with Adolf Hitler that averted a possible conflict with Germany. He gave away the Sudetenland and the political independence of Czechoslovakia to do so. Chamberlain proudly declared “peace in our time.” [...]
