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Crisis of Multilateralism and Global Order
The Crisis of Multilateralism has become one of the defining structural developments of contemporary international relations. What is at stake is not simply diplomatic friction or temporary institutional dysfunction, but a deeper transformation in how global rules are created, interpreted, and enforced.

Edmarverson A. Santos


What Is Diplomacy: Law, Practice, and International Order
The question what is diplomacy remains one of the most frequently invoked yet conceptually misunderstood issues in international law and international relations. In professional practice, diplomacy is often reduced to etiquette, negotiation style, or foreign policy rhetoric. In doctrinal and legal terms, such simplifications are inaccurate.

Edmarverson A. Santos


UN Security Council Reform: Veto Power
UN Security Council Reform has become one of the most persistent and legally consequential debates in contemporary public international law. At the core of this debate lies the veto power of the permanent members of the Security Council.

Edmarverson A. Santos


The Donroe Doctrine: Power, Law, and Hemispheric Control
The Donroe Doctrine presents itself as a strategic reassertion of United States authority in the Western Hemisphere, framed as a necessary response to renewed great-power competition and regional insecurity.

Edmarverson A. Santos


COP26 Climate Governance: Outcomes, Gaps, Consequences
COP26 marked a decisive shift in how international climate law operates, not because it amended treaty text, but because it recalibrated the governance logic of the Paris Agreement system.

Edmarverson A. Santos


Geopolitics of Outer Space: Power, Competition, Governance
The geopolitics of Outer Space has become unavoidable because contemporary state power, economic stability, and military effectiveness are now structurally dependent on orbital systems that are simultaneously strategic, congested, and weakly governed.

Edmarverson A. Santos


The Geopolitical Significance of Greenland
The geopolitical significance of Greenland derives first from immutable geographic realities that structure strategic behaviour long before political preferences, economic ambitions, or legal claims are considered.

Edmarverson A. Santos


Nicolás Maduro in U.S. Custody and the Future of U.S.–Latin America Relations
Maduro in U.S. Custody marks one of the most disruptive diplomatic shocks in the history of U.S.–Latin America relations since the end of the Cold War. The physical removal of a sitting Latin American president by U.S. action is not merely a criminal or enforcement episode; it is a geopolitical event that recalibrates power, trust, and strategic expectations across the Western Hemisphere.

Edmarverson A. Santos


The Bretton Woods Conference and Global Economic Governance
The Bretton Woods Conference still matters because it marked the moment when international economic cooperation was transformed into a permanent, rule-based system grounded in treaty law and institutional authority.

Edmarverson A. Santos


The Kyoto Protocol Explained: Law, Design, and Legacy
The Kyoto Protocol stands as the first multilateral environmental treaty to impose legally binding greenhouse gas emission reduction obligations on states. Adopted in 1997 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Protocol represents a decisive legal shift from aspirational coordination toward enforceable commitments in international climate governance.

Edmarverson A. Santos


Strait of Hormuz Tensions: Law, Security & Global Trade
Strait of Hormuz tensions have re-emerged as a central concern in global security and energy discourse, particularly following renewed hostilities between the United States and Iran in June 2025.

Edmarverson A. Santos


The Role of Iran in Proxy Conflicts in the Middle East
The Role of Iran in Proxy Conflicts in the Middle East reflects a carefully crafted strategy that combines ideological objectives, geopolitical pragmatism, and military asymmetry.

Edmarverson A. Santos
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