Foreign Policy and International Law

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Biden Issues Executive Order Sanctioning Putin

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Kehinde Winful

On February 21, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order (E.O.) responding to President Putin’s recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR), located in Ukraine, a

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U.S., Japan, and Republic of Korea Issue Joint Statement on Trilateral Cooperation

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Kehinde Winful

On February 12, 2022, the U.S.

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Afr. Ct. H.P.R. Decides Whether Withdrawal of Declaration Constitutes a Human Rights Violation

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Şeymanur Yönt

On December 2, 2021, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Court), in the case of Hossou v.

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Biden Administration Releases the U.S. Space Priorities Framework

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Şeymanur Yönt

On December 2, 2021, Biden-Harris administration released the

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U.S. Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Two Cambodian Government Officials

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Şeymanur Yönt

On November 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned two Cambodian government officials for their involvement in corruption in Cambodia.

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US to Remove Guinea, Mali, and Ethiopia from African Growth and Opportunity Act

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Şeymanur Yönt

On November 2, 2021, President Biden announced that Guinea, Mali, and Ethiopia will be removed from the African Growth and Opportunity Act (

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African Union Issues a Statement on Sudan

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Şeymanur Yönt

On October 26, 2021, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) adopted a