Episode 31: Gradually, then Suddenly - Climate, Trade and the Charter Order in Precarious Times

Episode 31: Gradually, then Suddenly - Climate, Trade and the Charter Order in Precarious Times

Author: European Journal of International Law February 10, 2025 Duration: 46:52

Christina Voigt, Andrew Lang and Mona Ali Khalil join Megan Donaldson to reflect on the present moment in international law from the perspectives of the climate, trade and security regimes. The conversation brings out divergent senses of the history of the present; perceptions of how deep the current dissensus is; and views on the avenues open to lawyers today. (For context, and as if to underline the rapidity of geopolitical shifts at present, the window between the start of recording and the end of editing saw the US initiation of withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, announcements of major tariffs, and advocacy of forced displacement of Palestinians from Gaza.)


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