The international trade regime was a sea of tranquillity for a long time. It was the domain of trade economists and trade lawyers, tucked away at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the shores of Lake Geneva. The trade regime as it has developed is being undermined by the twin forces of...

In the future, a growing number of combat operations will be carried out by autonomous weapon systems (AWS). At the operational level, AWS would not rely on direct human input. Taking humans out of the loop will raise questions of the compatibility of AWS with the fundamental requirements of...

This paper develops a method for identifying and assessing long-term supply risks for mineral raw materials. The method is based on a combined evaluation of past and future supply and demand trends. By analysing raw material boom and bust cycles over the past 50 years, we have quantified...

A relatively new frontier for legal and policy analysis, technical barriers to trade (TBT’s) have become more common as traditional border barriers have been reduced. This comprehensive Handbook comprises original essays by eminent trade scholars exploring the implications of the...

type="main" <p>Voters form judgements about political controversies through a process of motivated reasoning driven by two goals: the desire to reach an objectively accurate conclusion (accuracy) and the desire to reach a conclusion congruent with pre-existing views (direction). The impact of...</p>