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False Spring: Deep Corruption and Protecting the Regime, Vol. 56
Mohamed 'Arafa
What do a shrimp farm in Saudi Arabia, fish-luring buoys for local fishermen in ‘Oman, and a domestic airline in Kazakhstan have in common? In 1976, the United States Supreme Court inaugurated an era of nearly unlimited political spending with Buckley v. Valeo. After the Watergate scandal cratered a popular presidency and sent shockwaves through…
May 2024
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The Current Reality of Post-Arab Spring Constitutional Reforms in Morocco and Tunisia, Vol. 56.2
During the 2010-2011 political uprisings in countries across the Middle East and North Africa (“MENA”), dubbed the “Arab Spring,” protestors championed constitutional reforms as a way of transforming their autocratic regimes into more democratic systems. In reality, though, there was a large gulf between the aspirations of these reforms and what they were actually able…
Dec 29 2023
Nuclear Proliferation Resistant Means: Analysing NPT, Vol. 56.2
Nuclear proliferation is a serious global security threat as it results in states that otherwise would have no or little means of pursuing a nuclear program to pursue the same. Today, as nuclear weapons technologies and know-how are readily available from states across the globe, pursuing a nuclear program has become relatively easier. Legal mechanisms like…
Dec 29 2023
Cyber-threats in the Mediterranean Region: The Challenges of Global Digitalization, Vol. 56.2
Introduction This article enquires whether international relations can be used as a conceptual framework to delineate international and European legal responses that can address the geo-political tensions that have been translated into cyber-threats in the Mediterranean region. It argues that international relations—and in particular the multi-stakeholder model—can offer the appropriate conceptual framework within which the…
Dec 29 2023
Countering An Illegal Expropriation to the Sound of the Gavel: GM vs Venezuela?, Vol. 56.2
This article illustrates how bilateral investment treaties (BITs) help foreign investors to protect their undertakings against expropriations by the host state. By taking a real life example, the article will briefly discuss the 2017 expropriation of General Motors’ assembly plant in Venezuela. Following that, it will show how GM may avail itself of international rights…
Dec 29 2023
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