# International Governance
64 Va. J. Int’l L. 294 (2024) ♦ Article
Accommodating Secession Within the EU Constitutional Order of States
The Article provides a holistic account of the legal mechanisms that allow the EU to accommodate all three forms of secession that may take place within its borders: internal secession, external secession and withdrawal from the EU…
61 Va. J. Int’l L. 489 (2021) ♦ Article
The Security Council and Non-State Domestic Actors: Changes in Non-Forcible Measures between International Lawmaking and Peacebuilding
Elaborating on a newly compiled dataset of all Security Council resolutions passed under Chapter VII in the thirty years from 1990 to 2019, this Article is the first attempt to survey aggregated Council practice to analyze the ways in which the Council’s non-forcible…
LEONARDO BORLINI
61 Va. J. Int’l L. 667 (2021) ♦ Essay
International Postal Governance: Avenues for Reform
The international mail delivery system relies on an intergovernmental organization known as the Universal Postal Union to set cross-border delivery fees and adjudicate postage disputes. Recently, this organization has come under fire from member-nations for allegedly…
ROSS MARCHAND
61 Va. J. Int’l L. 137 (2020) ♦ Article
Confessionalism in Lebanon: The Costs of Seeking Consensus Through Fragmentation
Confessional political systems are exceptional in that they seek to build consensus by reinforcing fragmentation of disparate groups. Such a tension is most evident in the case of Lebanon. The country’s creation and history make it an interesting case study…
KAREEM RAMADAN
57 Va. J. Int’l L. 159 (2018) ♦ Article
Unintended Agency Problems: How International Bureaucracies Are Built and Empowered
The ground underneath the entire liberal international order is rapidly shifting. Institutions as diverse as the European Union, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, and World Trade Organization are under major threat. These institutions reflect decades of…
ANU BRADFORD, STAVROS GADINIS, & KATERINA LINOS
61 Va. J. Int’l L. 661 (2021) ♦ Essay
Expanding the U.N. Security Council: A Potential Bulwark against the U.N.’s Legitimacy Crisis
The United Nations has long served as the primary vehicle for the administration and enforcement of the international legal and political order, and situated at its very core is its underlying security apparatus: The United Nations Security Council (UNSC)…
BILAL ASKARI
61 Va. J. Int’l L. 363 (2021) ♦ Note
Cities in International Law: The New Landscape of Global Governance
For decades, the legal capacity of cities has not been taken seriously. This Note calls on international lawyers to refocus our field of vision to fully appreciate the role cities are already playing in international politics, the ways in which cities’ new global…
KATHERINE SCHROEDER
61 Va. J. Int’l L. Online 1 (2020) ♦ Online
The Impossibility of Noncontribution
This essay considers noncontribution under the plea of necessity in international law. It first argues that noncontribution reflects an indeterminate and protean standard. It then contends that its application to the unique factual backdrop of a pandemic yields…
NICHOLAS J. DIAMOND