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The Supreme Court ruled that the FSIA does not apply to criminal cases and remanded common law arguments to the Second Circuit.
The Supreme Court remanded Halkbank, and the lower court must now consider whether the common law provides immunity from prosecution to foreign state-owned enterprises.
The case raises novel questions of the FSIA’s applicability, as well as the extent of foreign sovereign immunity within criminal law.
Despite widespread support for a record-fast accession into NATO, Sweden’s path to membership has been slow and contentious.
Earlier this year, Finland and Sweden applied to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. But both of their applications were held up, due to an objection by Turkey. NATO being a mutual security alliance, any one member can prevent new countries from joining. To fully understand the background dynamics at play here and to explain the agreement that the three countries recently signed, allowing the applications to move forward, Lawfare Publisher David Priess spoke with two people who have covered Turkey from a multitude of angles.
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The dispute brings together intertwined disputes over energy sources, geopolitical dominance and domestic factors influencing policy toward Turkey.
There’s a ton of online fundraisers for women affiliated with the Islamic State. Many of these fundraisers take place relatively openly on social media.
Since a lethal airstrike against Turkish forces in Syria on Feb. 27, speculation has been rife as to whether Turkey could request military assistance under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. At least for now, such speculation is misplaced.
International actors committed to not interfere in Libya, but can they be held to it?