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The Runway as Foreign Policy: How “Made In” Law Turns Fashion Into Geopolitical Power

By: Mia Massimo In September 2021, South Korea sent seven pop stars to the United Nations General Assembly—not as performers, but as official presidential envoys. The world called it a music story. International lawyers should have called it foreign policy. Fashion has long been dismissed as a soft subject for serious legal analysis. But a number […]

Emerging Approaches to Regulating Prediction Markets

By: Maria Varas Since fall 2024, when prediction markets burst onto the scene, users around the world have been embracing life’s uncertainties, investing nearly $64 billion in event contract trading that speculates on nearly everything one can imagine. Who will win March Madness? Which United States political party will take over the House of Representatives? What will […]

AI Defense Contracts and the Legal Limits of Autonomous Weapons

By: Spencer Robinson Introduction  Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming modern warfare. Militaries increasingly rely on algorithmic systems to analyze battlefield data, assist with targeting decisions, and operate unmanned platforms. As these technologies become more sophisticated, some systems are moving toward greater levels of autonomy, raising difficult questions under international humanitarian law (IHL). Autonomous weapons systems, generally defined […]

The Postwar Liberal International Order in Transition: The United States and the Return of Hard Power

By: Yehuda Gannon For anyone following the news since the start of 2026, it is difficult to ignore the widespread developments occurring across the international arena. These changes, ranging from economic shocks caused by trade turmoil to regime shakeups in countries ruled by dictators for decades, have raised numerous discussions and concerns regarding the President’s domestic and foreign policy powers. […]