Columbia Journal of Transnational Law

Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently announced that the United States has suspended and initiated the process to terminate asylum cooperative agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Morgan Kaplan '22, forecasts the consequences here: https://www.jtl.columbia.edu//the-biden-administration-sus

Foreign state-owned enterprises sometimes emit pollution that crosses the border into the US. Yet foreign states have broad immunity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act of 1976. Does that immunity protect their pollution-emitting subsidiaries? CJTL managing editor Daniel Loud '22 weighs in in this award-winning student note: https://www.jtl.columbia.edu//emitting-injustice-foreign-s

Millions of immigrants, both documented and undocumented, enter the United States every year searching for a better life. Many will face discrimination, exploitation, and criminalization. What’s in store for them in the next four years? https://www.jtl.columbia.edu//seeking-a-better-life-rights

When a nation is attacked, may it legally defend itself? Decisions from the International Court of Justice have made this seemingly-straightforward question murky and complicated. Yishai Beer, of Radzyner Law School in Israel, addresses the problem here: https://www.jtl.columbia.edu//regulating-armed-reprisals-r

When Ethiopia dammed the Nile river, it sparked controversy with Egypt and Sudan. Now that negotiations between these neighbors have stalled, the dam's future is uncertain. Mahemud Eshtu Tekuya, of McGeorge University, proposes a way forward out of the diplomatic deadlock in this new article, now available free on our website: https://www.jtl.columbia.edu//sink-or-swim-alternatives-fo

China’s recently published draft laws are a step forward for privacy rights, but foreign governments and companies are right to interpret the terms with caution. Grace Pyo '22 analyzes the proposed data privacy laws here: https://www.jtl.columbia.edu//the-china-model-for-privacy-

Author spotlight: Andrew Brooks '22 is a staffer on the Journal of Transnational Law and the founder and president of the Columbia Air and Space Law Association. He graduated from the Dual BA Program between Columbia University and Sciences Po Paris in 2018, and previously worked at General Atomics. https://www.jtl.columbia.edu//the-artemis-accords-the-nece

With a wide range of signatories at dissimilar levels of development, how does the newly-signed RCEP plurilateral free trade agreement address rising protectionism and income inequality? https://www.jtl.columbia.edu//rcep-and-a-slower-more-incre

Graeme Simpson is the Director of Interpeace USA and Lead Author for the Progress Study on Youth, Peace and Security mandated by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2250. Read his interview with Phillip Pang '22 here: https://www.jtl.columbia.edu//interview-with-interpeace-us

A hundred years after the ratification of the 19th Amendment, where do political rights for women stand today in the United States and across the globe? Alexis C. Archer '22 measures 100 years of progress and maps out the work ahead. Read it here: https://www.jtl.columbia.edu//a-century-since-the-19th-ame