July 24, 2010
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Pyotr ISKENDEROV: Kosovo Case in the International Court of Justice: Time to Shed Illusions
The International Court of Justice was supposed to unveil its ruling in April, 2010 but, as the media found out, serious disagreements surfaced among the Court judges and the process took longer than initially expected. Moreover, there were indications that the West deliberately postponed the ruling to exert additional pressure on Belgrade over the extradition… Continue reading
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Aurobinda MAHAPATRA (India): Talibjan Vs Taliban
A new terminology has been recently added to conflict and peace discourse in trouble torn Afghanistan. The term Talibjan (a combination of Talib and Jan) is coined to impart a new meaning to the Taliban in Afghanistan to bring them to the orbit of the «reintegration» process. Taliban (the singular is Talib, which literally means… Continue reading
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Alexander MEZYAEV: Aggression in the Light of International Law: Huge Problems and Minor Progress
The international law in its present form abounds with paradoxes. For example, it explicitly disallows the use of incendiary bullets, but contains no ban on the use of nuclear weapons. The present-day criminal law is in many parts just as incoherent: degrading treatment of captured occupants who brought death to the country they invaded is… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 