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International Responses to Territorial Conquest

January 18, 2009

While territorial conquest has been relatively infrequent in the post-World War II period, most conquests have not been condemned by the international community. Indeed, open acceptance is as common as condemnation. The small likelihood of international opposition to conquest suggests that the relatively low incidence of conquest should be attributed to causes other than the non-recognition norm. This does not mean that the anti-conquest norm has no force or "compliance pull," but it does suggest that condemnation and nonrecognition are not likely play a significant role in decisions about whether to conquer.

The Gaza-Egypt Smuggling Tunnels Must Be Closed

January 14, 2009 | Amb. Dore Gold

When Israelis look back on what caused the current conflict in Gaza, they point to their government's decision in September 2005 to leave the narrow "Philadelphi Route" that runs along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. More than Israel's disengagement from the Strip as a whole, the abandonment of this strategic area made full-scale war inevitable.

Double Jeopardy and Multiple Sovereigns: A Jurisdictional Theory

January 13, 2009 | Anthony J. Colangelo

This Article offers a coherent way of thinking about double jeopardy rules among sovereigns. Its theory has strong explanatory power for current double jeopardy law and practice in both U.S. federal and international legal systems, recommends adjustments to double jeopardy doctrine in both systems, and shar pens normative assessment of that doctrine.

Rivkin and Brown on Libel Tourism

January 12, 2009 | Abraham (Avi) Bell

Courting Genocide: The Unintended Effects of Humanitarian Intervention

January 12, 2009 | Jide Nzelibe

Constitutional Convergence in Human Rights? The Reciprocal Relationship between Human Rights Treaties and National Constitutions

January 12, 2009 | Zachary Elkins, Tom Ginsburg, Beth Simmons

Anti-Zionism and the Abuse of Academic Freedom: A Case Study at the University of California, Santa Cruz

January 5, 2009 | Tammi Rossman-Benjamin

Did Israel Use “Disproportionate Force” in Gaza?

December 28, 2008 | Amb. Dore Gold

Banging Square Pegs Into Round Holes

December 24, 2008 | Amb. Dore Gold

Moshe Yegar on Islamic Radicalism and Political Violence. The Templers of Islam and Sheikh Ra’id Salah, by Raphael Israeli

December 24, 2008 | Dr. Moshe Yegar

Isabella Ginor And Gideon Remez Respond To Rolf Behrens’ Review Of Foxbats Over Dimona: The Soviets’ Nuclear Gamble In The Six-Day War

December 24, 2008 | Isabella Ginor, Gideon Remez

Introducing Israel Studies in U.S. Universities

December 23, 2008 | Dr. Mitchell G. Bard

Malcolm F. Lowe on The Resurgence of Anti-Semitism: Jews, Israel and Liberal Opinion, by Bernard Harrison

December 17, 2008 | Malcolm F. Lowe

Rolf Behrens on Deutsche Orientalistik zur Zeit des Nationalsozialismus 1933 – 1945 (German Oriental Studies during the time of National Socialism 1933 – 1945), by Ekkehard Ellinger

December 17, 2008 | Rolf Behrens

Raphael Israeli on Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism 1917-1948, by Hillel Cohen

December 17, 2008 | Raphael Israeli

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