In September, the federal court in Brooklyn unsealed an indictment against Linda Sun, a former aide to New York Governor Kathy Hochul, for failing to register as a foreign agent of the government of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party. Xuan W. Tay writes that while the art of influence is inseparable from the work of diplomacy, international law does not give PRC officials free rein to carry out influence operations inside other countries.
The United States and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
Myanmar and the Myriad Efforts Towards International Justice
Is the UN Charter Order Dead After Ukraine?
Is There an “Asian” Perspective on International Law?
A year ago, inspired by Anthea Robert’s path-breaking work on “comparative international law,” I began encouraging guest presenters in USALI’s Program on International Law and Relations to try to answer that question.
By José E. Alvarez