The US may be powerful enough to ignore international law with little short-term consequences, but the UK is not.
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News that Iran had fired ballistic missiles at a US military base in the Indian Ocean was startling, but how much of a threat does the development represent?
The UK government’s efforts to decolonise the Chagos Islands remain mired in legal controversy.
Britain and other European allies could be publicly pressured by Trump to support any intervention on Israel’s side.
The UK’s handover of the Chagos archipelago and retention of Diego Garcia is a strategic move that raises questions about the intentions of major powers’ relations with small island nations.
Analysis of data from underwater microphones could help researchers discover the fate of missing flight MH370.
When the British government expelled Chagos Islanders from their homeland, it put a unique culture at risk of erasure.
Attention is on the UK to relinquish its hold on the islands. What’s missing is an acknowledgment of the enduring role of the US in this international crime.
By raising the Mauritian flag on the Chagos Islands, the east African nation has reasserted – if only symbolically – its claim to sovereignty.
The UK is increasingly isolated in its claim to the Chagos Islands. If an international court finds in Mauritius’s favour, the implications could be huge.
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Professor of Comparative and Plural law, Newcastle University
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Emeritus Professor of International Relations, University of Pretoria
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