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How are African governments navigating digital partnerships in a context of geopolitical rivalries? Check out my new interview series with senior policymakers, on how African actors build, negotiate and manage these strategic partnerships. CIGI 👇🏾geg.ox.ac.uk/negotiating-af…

Does anyone know of other ISDS claims brought by development agencies? Claimant here, Norfund, is 100% funded by the Norwegian development agency, to make riskier pro-climate investments. Seems odd, & at odds with gov policy, for them to bring claim relating to regulatory change

How do unprecedented institutions first emerge? New paper out in InternatlTheory and in Open Access thanks to Georgetown University. Check it out! cup.org/429soDL Or if you are in a hurry, here is a short summary of our argument🧵

The 1918 Soviet default became the longest and most complex sovereign debt dispute in history. In the coming issue of the American Journal of International Law, Denza and I analyse almost 70 years of talks resulting in a comprehensive settlement with the UK. 1/5🧵

19-6-23, I introduce WorldTradeReview Special Issue, Domestic Investment Laws and IEL in the Liberal International Order (A. Gourgourinis, Julien Chaisse & Georgios Dimitropoulos eds). The workshop explores how domestic law plays an increasingly important role in regulating foreign investment.

1/11 Our special issue on ISDS reform is now out in JIDS! With Kathleen Claussen Øyvind Stiansen Taylor St John @ChiaraLawProf Anne van Aaken Runar Lie Prof Loukas Mistelis Pr. Jose Maria Gomes Jonathan Bonnitcha Martin Jarrett Sergio Puig Jaemin Lee Maria Chiara Malaguti et al academic.oup.com/jids/issue/14/2

Our paper is a survey article: what lessons emerge from the political science literature on judicial appointments? We looked at scholarship on national and international courts. Seeing it emerge as @PluriCourts winds down after 10 years give me all the feels. Øyvind Stiansen

Please join us on Monday 19 June, 11 am Athens time for the launch of WorldTradeReview Special Issue on Domestic Investment Laws and IEL, edited by Julien Chaisse and G Dimitropoulos. Stellar panel including Muthu Sornarajah Mona Paulsen Taylor St John

New research: how are adjudicators chosen to serve on permanent international courts? What are the tradeoffs from different selection procedures? #UpholdingIL Øyvind Stiansen Taylor St John Journal of International Dispute Settlement doi.org/10.1093/jnlids…

📢NEW REPORT & WEBINAR! IISD’ paper analyzes the past and present of national #investment laws - and how they best can support our urgent need for #sustainableinvestment in local communities and the planet. A must-read for investment policymakers! bit.ly/44yw6Yo

Please join! New thinking IISD Economies on legislating nationally on investment for sustainable development by leaders in the field. NIKIEMA H. Suzy Jonathan Bonnitcha Taylor St John

And don’t miss our upcoming webinar TOMORROW on rethinking national #investmentlaws - where the research authors & guests will explore how these laws can be best used for #susdev and answer your questions! 📅27/7 11:00 am-12:30 pm CEST 👉Read & register bit.ly/3XJoj7L

Using a novel dataset, Nicola Strain and the @PluriCourts team examine compliance of states with international #investment #arbitration awards academic.oup.com/jiel/article/2… #openaccess